What is a "takeover"? The democrats have fully embraced the calls for civil discourse by comparing Republicans to Nazis. During the debate over repealing Obamacare Democrats continue to insist that Obamacare isn't a government takeover of health care and that portraying it as such is a lie. The repeatedly visceral and over wrought exaggerations remind me of the debates over welfare reform.  At that time (1996) the Democrats were saying that such the reforms would throw millions of children into poverty and could even lead to starvation and rioting.  Needless to say, nothing of the sort happened. Stripping away all of the rhetoric, let's look at the facts.  The government already controlled nearly 50 percent of every health care dollar spent in the US before Obama care.  The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" costs trillions of dollars, extends coverage to millions, and puts limits on insurance company profits while ...(Read Full Post)