Where do people get "government takeover of health care"?

In the first place, one-half of all health care dollars are spent by Medicare, so you could say that government took over one-half of health care back in 1965.

As for the other half, the current health care reform bill doesn't "take over" any health care.  In fact, it ensures that currently existing insurance companies will have 40,000,000 new customers. 

It's a strange "government take over" indeed when its chief feature is that the private sector gets a huge new market out of the deal.

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[Hypatia]

It reminds me of the 30s, when the GOP was screaming that FDR was destroying capitalism when in fact by making needed reforms and concessions to the working class he was actually saving the capitalists' bacon.

[John Petty]

Oops, lost track of this one. A few weeks ago, I posted a clip of Alf Landon saying that Social Security would be the ruin of the nation. Looks like they're trying the same tactic.