content: They wanted to set a precedent of government involvement in healthcare. Even though they couldn't quite get obamacare to stage 2, which is single-payer, they still managed to establish the government as a player in the middle of this insurance debacle. It absolutely must be repealed because its an unstable foundation for any healthy system to build one. An American healthcare system is one which we exploit market competition to improve the health care system. Its called Value Based Competition.