There is a great post over at Investors Business Daily about the freedoms we have lost as result of the enactment of Obamacare.

Here are some of the most important freedoms we have lost:

1. You are young and don’t want health insurance? You are starting up a small business and need to minimize expenses, and one way to do that is to forego health insurance? Tough. You have to pay $750 annually for the “privilege.” (Section 1501)

2. You are young and healthy and want to pay for insurance that reflects that status? Tough. You’ll have to pay for premiums that cover not only you, but also the guy who smokes three packs a day, drink a gallon of whiskey and eats chicken fat off the floor. That’s because insurance companies will no longer be able to underwrite on the basis of a person’s health status. (Section 2701).

3. You would like to pay less in premiums by buying insurance with lifetime or annual limits on coverage? Tough. Health insurers will no longer be able to offer such policies, even if that is what customers prefer. (Section 2711).

You’re a single guy without children? Tough, your policy must cover pediatric services. You’re a woman who can’t have children? Tough, your policy must cover maternity services. You’re a teetotaler? Tough, your policy must cover substance abuse treatment. (Add your own violation of personal freedom here.) (Section 1302).

11. If you are a physician and you don’t want the government looking over your shoulder? Tough. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to use your claims data to issue you reports that measure the resources you use, provide information on the quality of care you provide, and compare the resources you use to those used by other physicians. Of course, this will all be just for informational purposes. It’s not like the government will ever use it to intervene in your practice and patients’ care. Of course not. (Section 3003 (i))

President Obama is out touting that we now have more freedom, choice, and control over our health care than before. Lies–all lies.

The fact is that we now have less choice, less control over our health care. So you’re right Vice President Biden, “This is a big f*cking deal.”

It’s about 5PM here on the east coast and I thought I would post a quick recap of what we know about this health care vote going to the scheduled vote probably sometime Sunday afternoon.

• We know that the House Democrat leadership don’t yet have the votes because if they did President Obama wouldn’t be meeting with them tomorrow (Saturday) morning;
• We know that this vote will essentially be a vote on the Senate’s bill. Many House Democrats believe that they are voting solely for the package of amendments but they’re not. If the amendment package passes that essentially ratifies the Senate’s version; and
• We know that the American People are fighting against the vote. The House of Representatives phone system is beyond capacity, receiving an average of 100,000 calls per hour.

I’ll be monitoring the situation throughout weekend.

The American People are in the arena; We are engaged and actively seeking to prevent the socialization of our health care system.

We are flooding Congress with an estimated 100,000 phone calls per hour.

Members continued to be inundated with phone calls from constituents and interest groups Friday thanks to an impending vote on health care reform this weekend.

Calls to the House numbered close to 100,000 an hour, creating a bottleneck in a phone system only meant to handle 50,000 calls an hour. The chamber has been similarly overloaded for four consecutive days, beginning on Tuesday when radio host Rush Limbaugh told viewers to call the Capitol switchboard phone number.

The House phone system is “at capacity.” This is such an awesome of display civic involvement; it’s inspiring; and it is exactly what it’s going to take to save our republic.

Keep at it. The Democrats don’t yet have the votes.