If our country is so broke - why pass universal health care?

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Because the government seems to think that by passing this health care bill, they will lower the deficit. And they will, since taxes will be so much larger than what they are now. I firmly believe that if instead of increasing taxes, the gov't cut taxes way back, and inacted tort reform that this ecomony would pick up and the health care disaster would be fixed, and then maybe the debt could begin to get payed off. The US right now has no desire to pay off debt. It is like a person with huge credit card debt. As long as they can pay the interest, they'll keep borrowing. But eventually we can only pay for interest and nothing else then what do think will happen?