“ram it down our throats”
They have control of the House and Senate and need no republicans. The question is - will they be able to twist hands of all skeptical Dems to vote in-step. August made many Dems worrying for their re-election chances.
A simple question must be answered: with all best intentions, how the government will be able to add more people to the medicare-like program when the existing medicare has a ton of problems and is running out of money quickly? How can it be done without increasing taxes and rationing services? This is not a trick question but something people were asking all over the country at the town hall meetings.
Seniors are the first to be hurt. They vote. Can they be safely thrown under the bus? Can Dems get away with it?
I agree with you, but I'm not so sure this is the worst that could happen, because it will be perceived as having been "rammed down our throats", and will result in the Dems being out of power for a long time, in my opinion.
The government takeover of health care would take long enough to implement that I believe it would be reversible, especially if you consider the fact that the public, already polled and having said they are quite satisfied with the way things are, will want it reversed.
The eight months of the Obama administration can be summed up in two words-overreach, and backlash. Forcing Obamacare on a reluctant public would be the ultimate overreach and would result in an unprecedented backlash.