In the first vote on Christmas Eve since 1895 and after the longest consecutive session in Congress since World War I, the Senate passed the health care bill. Many commentators have also noted that the political dealing to get the votes has reached historic lows—or perhaps that should be highs. When one senator was accused of selling her vote for $100 million, she brazenly declared that is was more like $300 million that she negotiated for. That’s only the beginning of special interest money up for grabs, as the graphic here shows.
Despite these disheartening developments it is important we remember that God is still in control. We need to continue to cry out to Him and persistently, respectfully appeal to our elected representatives. There is still a complicated reconciliation process ahead for the Senate and House versions of the bill and there’s barely enough support to continue. A change of just one vote could stop the process. A recent National Review article gave Five Reasons It Might Not Pass. Even if it does become law, it won’t take effect for several years and the negotiations would continue.
We must also keep in mind that much of the information we are being given in the health care debate has been manipulated. When someone has to distort information to prove that a particular course of action is needed, it usually means they know we would not agree with their proposals if we had accurate information.
Although the mainstream media has passively accepted the under-a-trillion-dollars cost estimates of proponents of the health care bill, many experts have been digging for the truth of the matter. CATO Institute health care analyst Michael Cannon may have found the smoking gun memo showing that the real cost of the bill is more than double what has been widely reported. As noted in a previous post, another statistic that is often manipulated for political purposes is the number of uninsured.
In John 8:44 Jesus tells us that deception and lies do not come from God. We need to recognize that we are involved in a spiritual battle and not be complacent.
