Posted by John Tate on 11/21/09 12:32 PM Last updated 11/21/09 12:31 PM   [Newer: DeMint Blocks Bernanke for Vote on Audit the Fed] [Older: Ron Paul's Amendment Passes Committee!]

Tonight, a cloture vote on Senator Harry Reid's 2,000-plus page complete takeover of health care is expected in the Senate.

This vote is not on final passage of the bill, but on agreeing to start debate on the legislation.

Contact your senators and tell them to vote "No" on cloture! Health care reform is a too critical of an issue to waste time debating over thousands of pages of the same type of Washington interference that has wrecked our current system.

There will be more votes and more chances to stop Reid's bureaucratic nightmare from passing, but a rejection of cloture tonight would send a strong signal to President Obama and congressional leadership that we will continue to fight their efforts to address our country's problems with "more of the same."

We recently launched OperationHealthFreedom.com to bring a liberty-centered approach to the health care reform debate by supporting tax credits and deductions as proposed in Ron Paul's H.R. 1495, pushing Ron Paul's H.R. 2629 to prevent government from forcing us to buy health insurance and sending the IRS after us if we don't, and advocating allowing Americans to purchase health insurance across state lines, as provided for in Congressman John Shadegg's H.R. 3217.

As part of this effort, we have released a series of videos featuring Tom Woods, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Rand Paul, Peter Schiff, and Daniel Hannan discussing health freedom and what true reform would look like.

Today, we're proud to release the final installment in this series: Dr. Ron Paul.

In this final video, Congressman Paul talks about the need for less government in health care and mentions reforming the tax code to give us back more of our hard-earned dollars so we can pursue a much wider variety of health care options.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSgFypiHRBk

And don't forget to contact your senators and urge them to vote "No" on Harry Reid's cloture motion!

Instead, tell them it's time to focus debate on real health care solutions as advocated in C4L's Operation Health Freedom.

Posted 11/21/09 1:13 PM 4RaisingAwareness St. Louis, MO

This is great. When will the Operation Health Freedom web site be updated with this video? What do we have that explains the difference between a tax credit and a tax deduction. I think that's an important point to make clear, particularly for those who are stuck on providing for the poor.

Posted 11/21/09 4:11 PM Proud Reaganite Ypsilanti, MI

I posted a link to Operation Health Freedom in the Washtenaw GOP newsletter. I hope the recipients of said newsletter find my article and website informative.

Posted 11/22/09 02:05 AM illuminati hater Las Vegas, NV

What so many people fail to understand is that the system we have is not capitalistic. When you have insurance companies lobbying the government for things that they want, that's corporatism. How people got the two mixed up is something that I'll never understand.

Posted 11/22/09 3:32 PM Paul S. Brighton, MI

But the big issue for me is that I don't want the government to steal from you all to buy me health care. Where lots of charitable organizations flourish and compete for voluntary contributions each donor then has a choice of where to give. This helps those who choose to volunteer their wealth to protect those with no choice but to ask for help. Do we need a middleman? If you choose. Should the federal government have a monopoly with mandatory participation? We already have a banking monopoly and it has brought us constant inflation and two massive bouts of bankruptcies to clear the bad investments: The Great Depression and now the Greater Depression.

Posted 11/22/09 4:53 PM davegod75 DPO, AP

Is there a standard letter we can send to your congressmen/congresswomen in support of Operation Health Freedom???

Posted 11/22/09 7:35 PM Glenn Cumming, GA

Thanks, Dr. Paul. Great message. Individuals have a right to life, liberty, earn a living, property, and self-responsibility. Modifying the Internal Revenue Code with tax credits for 100% of medical expenses paid out would indeed be a big victory for those with an income tax liability. Can you imagine how nice it would be if someone would be able to subtract medical expenses from the tax liability, not a deduction from adjusted gross income? Best wishes.

Posted 11/22/09 10:56 PM Deb Wells Kansas City, MO

You can develop a nice letter and/or a petition from the Operation Health Freedom website located here: http://www.operationhealthfreedom.com/

Posted 11/24/09 1:05 PM 4RaisingAwareness St. Louis, MO

Just checked back on the Operation Health Freedom website and I see that Dr. Paul's video is now posted on it. Thanks so much guys for keeping us well armed.

Posted 12/12/09 7:19 PM clint4liberty Louiisville, KY

Subject: KY GrassRoots Radio Interview with David Adams 6:40 to 7:10 PM. Here is the eposide link for the radio show page: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ky-grassroots-radio/2009/12/14/kgr-2009-year-in-rev iew-current-events Eposide Description: Tonight, KGR will interview David Adams, campaign manager of Dr. Rand Paul for US Senate 2010. Also, on the show we will talk about 2009 year in review, health care, cap and trade, the new financial regulations bill, and other important topics. Here on Kentucky Grassroots Radio we will always give you solutions to the latest local, state and national problems. Here is the information for the show: Kentuckiana Grassroots Radio web site: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/KY-GrassRoots-Radio Show Phone: 1-347-637-3086 Show E-mail: kymattsingleton@yahoo.com Show time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM Eastern Time