By shifting control to politicians and bureaucrats in Washington, the Democrats' government takeover of health care is a catastrophe for our country's future.

• The new federal mandate compelling every American to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional.
• Federal bureaucrats are now in charge of determining what constitutes "acceptable" health insurance for every single American, regardless of what patients and families themselves desire.
• It allows for taxpayer funding of abortion coverage for the first time in our nation's history.
• As millions of Americans face long-term unemployment due to a lack of adequate job creation, this law imposes higher taxes and new mandates that will further discourage employers from hiring and expanding.
• Contrary to cost estimates based on the bill's structural gimmicks, unrealistic assumptions, and budgetary sleight of hand, it burdens taxpayers with trillions of dollars in new spending and hundreds of billions of dollars in new debt in the first decade of full implementation alone.
• It recklessly expands our entitlement system while ignoring the need for structural reforms necessary to preserve our safety net programs for future generations.
• Insurance premiums and health care spending will continue to rise, consuming more and more of nation's economy.
• As health care spending skyrockets and higher taxes take a growing share of Americans' income, politicians and bureaucrats in Washington will resort to rationing of care. Physicians will leave the practice of medicine, and even Americans with insurance will suffer from decreased access to care.

Conservatives have presented better solutions to the problems that exist in our health care system. These patient-centered solutions understand that access to quality, affordable care relies upon choice, innovation, and competition - not government dictates.

We, therefore, the undersigned citizens, pledge to support the conservative majority in Congress to repeal this disastrous government takeover of health care and work for the patient-centered reforms we need to truly improve access to quality, affordable care for all Americans.