One of the biggest reasons we are in this predicament is that most of us have never read The Constitution and Bill of Rights with the thoroughness we read "Harry Potter" or "Twilight", if we have read it at all. Here are links to both.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
The founding fathers knew history and that it repeats itself, not because it has to, because we get lazy and stop paying attention to the pit falls we could see coming if we were not asleep, as it were. We need to wake up, before it's too late. The Constitution was set up to protect us from the pit falls observed over thousands of years. The founding fathers knew why Rome fell, they knew the history of it's downfall and put safety guards into the constitution to protect us from the same fate. Please read The Constitution. Pray to find out if it's the best law for our nation, with a willingness to act on what God tells you. Regardless of your religious preference the God of your understanding will answer you. Freedom is responsibility, not entitlement. It is the right to take risks and sometimes fail. It is the right to go broke or prosper. We cannot have it one way.
Once again, here's a link to the bill, we should at lest TRY to read it.
http://docs.house.gov/edlabor/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
Let us not treat so lightly the thousands of lives lost to bring us the freedoms granted by God and guaranteed in the Constitution. Let us not forget the Great-Grandfathers, Great-Uncles, etc. who gave their lives for us. Freedom REALLY isn't free.
When we contact our representatives, we need to make sure we tell them we do not support any health care plan that is federally run. Instead, we want a plan that will remove government restrictions that limit the choices of each citizen. We want less regulation, not more. For instance, right now there are laws restricting purchasing health care insurance across state lines. If that is repealed, people can choose from thousands of companies, they will have to compete. Competition secures lower prices and better quality. If health care providers and insurance companies have to compete the care improves and the cost HAS to be manageable to the consumer.
Contact your representatives! And PRAY!