It is disingenuous and dishonest to call it a takeover. And if you're not being disingenous nor dishonest, you're being mislead. I suggest you actually read the bill, and look at the facts that led to this effort. I read the bill to fact-check a scare-letter e-mail a conservative friend of mine sent me. The bill is not the horrible thing Republicans claim it to be. You have to be willfully blind to conclude such a thing.There are 700,000 bankruptcies per year due to medical expenses--half of personal bankruptcies in the US.http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/what_is_the_ ... Tens of thousands Americans die unnecessary deaths due to the lack of access to affordable health care.http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/dying-from-lack-o ...(Harvard estimates 45,000 preventable deaths due to lack of insurance *per year*.)Thousands upon thousands of insurance premium paying clients have had their legitimate claims denied or their plans dropped for unconscionable reasons, while health insurance corporation executives take home multi-million dollar sallaries, a fraction of which could have saved many lives:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKI9be55N00This bill brings long overdue consumer protections against abusive corporations who take advantage of sick people who have absolutely no leverage against them. The "free market" has been subverted by an oligopoly which hardly competes and only cares about the profit it brings its shareholders and administrators. Competition is what makes the market work for consumers. If public universities do not constitute a "take over" of the higher education system, don't you dare call this bill a take over. Just as public universities and colleges offer an affordable alternative to those who can't afford private universities, uninsured Americans ought to have access to affordable health care. If private enterprises don't rise to the task, it is unconscionable to fight tooth-and-nail to keep the government from meeting their needs. It is nonsensical for the Republicans to fight those who try to meet this need and claim to be "pro-life" or patriotic. Perhaps you'll understand if you're made to walk a mile in their shoes.