Young, who took to the floor of the House twice over the past week to call the bill "gobbledygook," outlined his stance with a couple of pithy bumper sticker-like remarks on Twitter over the weekend, including: "If you think health care is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had said she will not vote for the reconciliation bill when it returns to the Senate. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, has said he will.
Sunday, after the vote, Young called it a "very bad day," saying the health care bill is "reform in name only."
"Today, a bill was rammed down the throats of good Americans who trust us to preserve their freedoms and today, those freedoms were stifled," he said. "What we passed is composed of ego and partisanship, and does nothing to help Alaskans and nothing to help our country," he said.
Young also referred to the rallies all weekend at the Capitol, where thousands of Tea Party supporters gathered to protest the legislation. They were opposed Sunday by thousands of health care supporters, who had been at an unrelated rally in support of immigration reform.
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