Congress is moving quickly to create a government insurance program that would compete with the private sector. Obama will attempt to pay for it with "$634 billion in new taxes on wealthy Americans". <ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-health-care26-2009feb26,0,1056744.story</ref> He claimed that "The cost of health care now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds", an argument conservatives dispute because people who are very sick lose their jobs and income which in turn causes the bankruptcy.<ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2009/03/medical-bankrup.html</ref> One such [[health care reform]] proposal would mandate private citizens to purchase health insurance under the threat of legal sanctions for failure to comply.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/02/senate-democrats-trim-cost-health-care/</ref> Critics have dubbed the proposal [[Gestapo care]]. | Congress is moving quickly to create a government insurance program that would compete with the private sector. Obama will attempt to pay for it with "$634 billion in new taxes on wealthy Americans". <ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-health-care26-2009feb26,0,1056744.story</ref> He claimed that "The cost of health care now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds", an argument conservatives dispute because people who are very sick lose their jobs and income which in turn causes the bankruptcy.<ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2009/03/medical-bankrup.html</ref> One such [[health care reform]] proposal would mandate private citizens to purchase health insurance under the threat of legal sanctions for failure to comply.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/02/senate-democrats-trim-cost-health-care/</ref> Critics have dubbed the proposal [[Gestapo care]]. |