Garden State Patriot

Democrat Congressman Henry Waxman, who has been a leading legislator on both C(r)ap & Trade, as well as healthcare legislation, has apparently been hospitalized.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful House committee chairman with a central role in President Barack Obama’s global warming and health care legislation has been hospitalized.

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., was not feeling well Tuesday and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for “routine testing,” spokeswoman Karen Lightfoot said Wednesday.

She said that Waxman, 69, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is “feeling much better now.” She said his office had no further details to release.

Waxman just finished steering the climate change legislation through a close House vote and has been gearing up to tackle health care later this summer.

Now, I find this very upsetting. After all, if Congressman Waxman wants a single-payer, socialistic healthcare system, why didn’t he give it a try now? I say he shouldn’t have received any medical attention today. He should have waited at least 3 months, if not longer, to even get to see a doctor.

As a matter of fact, I know a way to get me to support socialized healthcare. I say we force every elected official and government worker to give up their current plan and make them live under the new government plan. Somehow, I doubt that any of them will actually want to live under the system they are advocating for.