The thing is, it's not about Obama wants. It's about what the people want. I hate to burst your little bubble, but they true purpose of our government, as it was designed, is/was to protect people against force and fraud, provide people with representation in government, and conduct Official Business. The End. The reason we call our elected representatives "public servants" is so that they can be servants of the public, not so they can make our decisions for us, especially ones that we don't want, no matter how amazingly great of an idea it is. Nonetheless, even if HR 3200, Obama's original plan, was passed with no changes along the way, it would still be a monstrosity. A gazillion pages worth of shoddy details, ect.
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." ~Benjamin Franklin
You know what Franklin did when asked about the possibility of government-run hospitals? He opened up a charity hospital with his own wealth.
I mean, if you like Canada's health care system, great! Live in Canada. But we (majority of Americans) don't.
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Health care cannot be a right by any stretch whatsoever. You could maybe argue that the government has a duty to provide health care, but it's not a right. A right is a freedom of action, ie, speech, life, protection; they're not goods, commodities, or services. For this reason, I strongly disagree with people who claim they have a right to health care. And people like Nancy Pelosi, who claim the passage of the bill is the equivalent to the civil rights acts are despicable.