Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean urges defeat of emerging health care bill

Isn't this what we have all been saying all along. Thank GOD Howard Dean finally saw the LIGHT.

By Associated Press
December 16, 2009, 8:40AM

WASHINGTON -- Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean argued Wednesday that the health care overhaul bill taking shape in the Senate further empowers private insurers at the expense of consumer choice.

"You will now be forced to buy insurance. If you don't, you'll pay a fine," said Dean, a physician. "It's an insurance company bailout." Interviewed on ABC's "Good Morning America," he said the bill has some good provisions, "but there has to be a line beyond which you think the bill is bad for the country."

"This is an insurance company's dream," the former Democratic presidential candidate said. "This is the Washington scramble, and it's a shame." FULL STORY