Despite the unquestionable need for health care reform, some have sought to dominate the health care reform discussion with fear mongering, misinterpretations and misinformation. They have stymied the progression of the reform process in the name of fiscal responsibility, bi-partisanship, parliamentary procedure and patriotism.

These justifications are egregious.  There is nothing bi-partisan about continually opposing a bill that independent federal agencies have repeatedly recognized as a substantive and reasonable approach to reform.  There is nothing fiscally responsible about allowing premiums, state and federal health expenditures to rise to unprecedented levels.  There is nothing American about depriving men women and children of the guaranteed right to health care in the richest country on earth.