The passion exhibited by both sides in the health care debate has been interesting to me for number of reasons.

1. Although the details of the American healthcare system changed yesterday, the basic premise is still true: The American Healthcare System is broken. With private insurers, the system skewed toward organizational greed. With public financing, it will do the same. The fundamental problems remain.

2. Kudos to the Democratic party for trying to do something. At least they looked at how health care worked and saw that something was amiss.

3. And to the Republicans,  I haven’t seen this much resolve in a long time. Remember, laws can be changed as easily as they were passed.

4. Why are people so upset that this bill passed? We should all remember that Obama specifically campaigned to change our healthcare system. And last time I remebered, Obama drubbed McCain in 2008, so perhaps that’s the more seminal moment for health care reform.

5. Likewise, why is anyone surprised that the new bill supports abortion? Again, remember Obama campaigned for greater abortion rights.

6. To the American church: why do I hear you criticizing universal health insurance? I understand disagreeing with a governmental approach, but I have yet to hear an alternate plan from the church. Remember, the church was called to love their neighbors.

7. To the Democratic party: if this bill is so good, why was it so hard to pass? With a considerable advantage in both houses, this should have been easy.

8. In sum, our health care tab will go up. Adding millions of eligible people to the health care tab will cost a lot of money and take a lot of extra doctors. Requiring insurance companies to pay for pre-existing conditions will also make our bills go up.

9. Sadly, this bill does not address our shortage of health care professionals. Nor does it address the destructive lifestyles that cause an unnecessary dependency on medical procedures and drugs to fix our problems. This is the most significant issue facing the nation’s health: our insatiable desire for personal satisfaction at all costs.

These are my observations, what do you think?