Bernie Madoff in the Senate

Good news fellow Americans!!!
The Democrats in Senate have done it again: they've pulled a Bernie Madoff and paid off a fellow representative to pass a "healthcare reform" (or rather a "shove nationalized healthcare down the throats of American citizens") bill.  Too bad I wasn't Madoff's lawyer or I would have compared his actions to those in Congress, because honestly what's the difference between laundering money and paying someone off to get your way?
Senator Mary Landrieu was guaranteed three hundred million dollars for various projects in the state of Louisiana to vote for the bill while Senator Nelson was promised more stringent laws surrounding government funded abortion.  Of course, Senator Nelson probably scored even more cash for his home state of Nebraska being the last of 60 democrats to vote in favor of the bill.
Have they even been listening to the public?  Hardly anyone wants socialized medicine and those that do have no idea that it will be way more expensive then the health insurance we have now, plus it will be rationed... So old folks, don't get too old or the government won't care for you anymore because you're simply too expensive and disposable.  And cancer patients; no chemo for you if your already in the higher stages of cancer.  Basically, all aspects of our private lives (in terms of health and if cap and trade passes: carbon emissions) will be controlled, subsidized, and completely accessible to the government, so don't have any surgeries you wouldn't want anyone to know about.
At this rate, the Democrats will squeeze through at least an expansion of Medicare which is already bankrupting the system.  So what should we do to reform healthcare?  In my opinion it should be like any other type of insurance: the employer should no longer provide health insurance plans that consumers can barely afford.  We should be able to shop for our own health insurance: this will create competition between insurance companies and drive the cost of healthcare down tremendously.  This isn't rocket science kids... we just need competition: the driving force of capitalism and democracy and the values our country were founded on.