The latest Human Events column from former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich focuses on the appropriate response to ObamaCare:
Politically the American people have decisively repudiated this centralized government bureaucratic approach to healthcare. According to a recent Rasmussen poll, nearly two-out-of-three Americans want the law repealed.
This is an unprecedented situation; we have never had a major reform with this much opposition after it was passed.
In a free society, the people ultimately have control over their elected leaders through the process of elections. Therefore, it is very likely that the Washington-centered, bureaucratically dominated and politician-defined healthcare law will be repealed or so decisively changed as to have the effect of repeal.
The intensity of anger between those who support the Obama plan and those who oppose it cannot be ignored. Last week, we saw just how bitter the clash of values has become when the Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius threatened to take action against private health plan companies if they continued to speak out against the new healthcare law. This only heightened Americans? views that the Washington healthcare bureaucracy has indeed become too powerful and is using that power to silence anyone who opposes them.
The new Congress will face a big challenge in both governing and politics. If the Republicans take control, they will take steps to repeal or dramatically change Obama?s healthcare legislation. On the other hand, President Obama will use the veto to block any repeal.
The new Congress will face the challenge of moving beyond the deadlock to create positive change.
