Health Care Reform puts the Health of the U.S. at Risk

Sen. Chip Pearson
Sen. Chip Pearson

By Sen. Chip Pearson
ATLANTA (July 16, 2009) – Despite President Barack Obama’s utopian fantasy to provide “free” health care to all Americans, Congress cannot help but make someone pay the price for such reform. Under the proposal from House Democratic leaders, approximately $1 trillion would be paid for by taxing high income earning families, businesses and medical providers. The Senate’s $600 billion proposal is not as high, but represents costly government bureaucracy by requiring everyone to have health insurance and employers contribute to the cost. Both plans levy expense on the taxpayer, be it affluent Americans today or the middle class tomorrow. In my opinion, taxes have never made anyone wealthy.

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