US Health Bill

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FOR THE RECORD:

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By and large I agree that there is an urgent need to end the disgraceful limbo when it comes to national health coverage. Current laws have produced countless tragedies among American families that would be unthinkable and unacceptable in any other major industrial nation on earth.

Yet, the bill up for vote in a few moments is a bad one. I'd still support it if Democrats had allowed democratic procedures to debate, amend or even to agree on the bill by the Republican side. The way this bill has been presented by the Obama administraton was profoundly dictatorial and autocratic, prevented crucial debate and entails such substantial flaws that even if it gets passed by Congress legal procedures to reverse the legislation appears compulsory. For that reason I hope that this legislation will not find a majority today.