Because without justification for the additional income confiscation, the government collapses at the current rate of spending. Even they realize they cannot print enough money to buy their way out of the mess they've created. They hoped to make it past 2012, but they see the end of the road much sooner.
All I know is this: the costs for health care will rage out of control and be borne by the taxpayers. RomneyCare proves that.
If the government makes it so that health insurance costs are borne by families directly, without employers being involved at all, the people of this country will be shocked and appalled by the price, and many will not be able to afford it.