The proposed health care bill would shift billions of dollars of unfunded mandates onto state governments

What Happens in DC, Doesn’t Stay in DC

By Nathan Tabor T
uesday, March 23, 2010

The more than $2.5 trillion-per-year American health care industry accounts for about one-sixth of the country’s gross domestic product. Obama’s repeatedly stated rationale for government intrusion into the private sector is that rising medical costs must be controlled because they risk destroying the entire U.S. economy.

While the Democrats and their health care plan supporters believe Obamacare is a step in the right direction, a majority of Americans believe that Obama’s plan is too cumbersome, too complicated, and much too expensive especially during these times of economic turmoil and uncertainty.

Various polls have revealed that a majority of Americans want the current “proposedâ€