From today's post at the Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine (FIRM) blog

http://www.westandfirm.org/blog/index.html

Slowing The Push Towards Fast-Tracking
By Paul Hsieh, MD

Democrats in Congress are getting close to a deal which would allow them to
"fast track" their plans for government-run "universal health care".

As former US Senator John Sununu notes in the April 27, 2009 Wall Street
Journal, this would allow a bare miniumum of senators to impose "National Health
Care With 51 Votes".

Part of the Congress' apparent urgency on this issue is that they may believe
that momentum is slipping away from them unless they strike quickly. The Tea
Party protests have galvanized many Americans against further government
takeovers of the economy. And David Catron notes that public support is
shrinking for "universal health care".

And as we've noted, most Americans are pretty happy with their current health
care. But they are legitimately concerned about rising costs. And they've also
been led (or misled) to believe that everyone else is having problems (thus
justifying more government intervention).

All of these signs indicate that free market reforms might receive a fair
hearing -- if Congress decides that it wants to take a deep breath, not rush
headlong into creating any new massive government programs, and have a open
honest discussion about the kinds of reforms we actually need to correct our
current problems.

Americans have already been burnt by the Congressional rush to pass the
"stimulus" bill -- which many legislators now acknowledge that they didn't even
read before voting for it. Congress should not make the same mistake by rushing
to pass "universal health care" legislation.

More here:

http://www.westandfirm.org/blog/2009/04/slowing-push-towards-fast-tracking.html