Why the fight about Health Care?

I'm not sure what I missed, but I thought Health Care Reform was one of the most supported agendas during the presidential election. I never realized the opposition for Health Care Reform was so insulted that it had reached the level of Threats! I understand the fear of socialism or the government having control of our health care and making it a low grade health care. However, from everything I have read so far, this is about providing coverage to the uninsured. If you already have health care coverage you will not be affected. If you don't have health coverage you can now have one less worry.

While some government regulation on the Health Care industry may not be such a bad idea especially when you read about injustices, such as the ones described by Paul Begala, done to the American people today. This reform is not about government regulation. It is about providing those who don't or can't afford coverage with coverage.

One of the biggest arguments is cost. This is going to cost lots of tax payer dollars etc... I don't see how that is any different than our current situation. According to the National Coalition on Health Care, "the United States spends nearly $100 billion per year to provide uninsured residents with health services, often for preventable diseases or diseases that physicians could treat more efficiently with earlier diagnosis." Other people argue that these costs are not accurate, or that they are related to the large number of undocumented workers, however "The large majority of the uninsured (80 percent) are native or naturalized citizens (NCHC)."

I feel that everyone needs to calm down and take a look at the whole picture and not start yelling and shouting at the capital as if your civil rights have been violated. If you currently have insurance you can expect the same service and same treatment you always had. If you get laid off you don't have to worry about ridiculous Cobra premiums that cost about 3/4 of what you would receive in unemployment benefits. We are one the largest and most powerful countries in the world. Yet, we sit on the bottom of the list when it comes to Health Care. We spend billions of dollars to make other countries Democracies, or fight what we believe are the injustices of other countries, but we can't spend money to make sure that all Americans are insured?