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Universal healthcare is not something to start a violent revolution over. It doesn't technically violate the terms of the Constitution or the bill of rights.
Our elected officials' votes count as representing the people, and the only thing that requires a popular vote is an amendment to the Constitution, which they do not need to make to get national healthcare.
On the other hand, I feel dirty just watching the ads they have on TV in support of it - they're just dripping with PR spin and you can almost hear all the facts they AREN'T mentioning.
What can we do about it? NOTHING. We voted and we weren't enough, because the vast majority of Americans are swayed by whatever ads they see on TV. Don't bother talking about protests - it's been done before, with absolutely no effect other than a little media coverage. People look shocked about all the crazy people in the streets, maybe talk about it at the watercooler, and then everything goes back to normal the next day.
We're eventually going to have to face the fact that our country is going to hell in a handbasket and, if we respect the Constitution, we have to let it happen. Eventually there will come a point where they DO violate the Constitution, and then it will be time to act physically. Until then, we can only tap our ballot choices on touch screens and watch another election go to the inept, self-serving, or socialist with good PR people.