Passage of socialized medicine is the beginning of sorrows.
Government takeover of healthcare will lead inevitably to rationing. Government will set rates for services. Eventually, set rates for premiums. Profits will decline, hospitals and clinics will close as they cannot stay in business at predetermined government rates. Many physicians will find a way to opt out or leave the practice of medicine.
The IRS will be checking monthly to make certain everyone purchases government-approved insurance. 16,000 new IRS agents ready to make your life a living hell. Don't think it stops with just a small fine. Give the Democrats a little more time to tweak this healthcare takeover and we may be facing incarceration for noncompliance. Small fines won't balance the books.
The government intrusion into our lives will be roughly equivalent to an involuntary colonoscopy.