Senate Democrats Finally Unveil A Bill

Well, the Senate Democrats have finally agreed on an ObamaCare bill. They have named it the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act".
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/health/policy/19health.html?_r=1&hp

You can read the bill itself here:
http://documents.nytimes.com/senate-health-care-bill#p=1

And you can see a comparison of the House and Senate bills here:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/19/us/politics/1119-plan-differences.html


My central objection to this plan is pretty simple, and applies to both the House and Senate bills. Both bills seek to "solve problems" by forcing every person in the country into a system devised by the party currently in power. They want to assume an unprecedented amount of control over our lives, and this I oppose. Adamantly. There is no justification for government-control of the private sector, and I don't WANT to take part in their program.

But that's the part that they ignore entirely. The half of the country that does NOT want to take part in the new system are out of luck... we will have no choice.

Don't get too comfortable with a government willing to lay down the law, force you to behave as they wish, and give you no choice. Those are bad things, and we need to be concerned what will be next.

So, this "unveiling," though the press is gushing about it, changes little. We've known for a while basically what the Senate plan would look like; it was a massive compromise measure designed to accomplish one thing... win 60 votes. They don't have those votes yet, and the arm-twisting and cajolery has already begun.