Re: Obama\'s getting too much attention...
Ok, first of all let’s not overlook the “fact” that our government is “forcing” us to buy a product from a private company for the first time in the history or our “free country”. This is an absolute anti American act by the leaders of this country. Our government has taken over our financial institutions, our auto industry, and now our healthcare industry. If you honestly don’t see any problem with that I would suggest taking a good look at all the things the government has placed itself in control of in the past and follow the trail (including the cost to the tax payer) all the way to yesterday and do tell which one program is run more efficiently than if it were run by the private sector. I’ll save you some time and tell you, not one program is more efficient nor is the customer service or product it offers better in any way.
I will go on to say that health care has always been available not only to Americans, but to illegal immigrants as well. Insurance is a product that some may not be able to afford and I don’t believe I should be forced to buy it, not for myself and certainly not for you and all your kids and their kids kids. I have two children and being self employed I had no insurance to cover the birth or any other health related expense for several years. I made arrangements with the hospital every time we went in and I made payments for 13 years to cover those expenses. I was never denied a single operation, medication, or any other medical expense.
Health care could be looked at like a three legged table. One leg being quality, one being availability, and one being affordability. The first one “quality” is around an eight on the scale of one through ten, ten being the highest. This leg is already wobbly and in some hospitals it has fallen off. Quality will most definitely be sacrificed as we open the doors to thirty percent more customers who will be there for any and every ache and pain. Preventative maintenance will also clog up the system so while Mrs Frugal is having her nee cap examined for a bone spur your sitting in line with broken arm. Good luck with that free health care.
Second is availability. We are making insurance “available to those with pre existing conditions which I am one with such a condition but I have insurance so……….I expect the company I’m with will be sending me an increase as this bill unfolds. What we are not going to be able to make available is health care because we really won’t be increasing the quality as that is impossible so what we are making available is a new law, you must buy health insurance. Period.
Third, and the best part, affordability. Now simple math will point you in the direction here as we dissect this part of the worst disaster in the history of our great country. Take a business, any business, and force that said business to take on new business that it cannot make money on such as a patient with pre existing conditions and force that company to eat the cost of that said business. Now you being the CEO how could you possibly cover the losses from such a tragedy? You could raise the rates on your current customers or you could get the tax payers to pitch in and cover your losses. Either way the money will be taken by force from someone who “earned it” and given as a charity to someone who in many cases made choices and decisions that prohibited them from earning it. Some do have serious healthcare issues but they are most definitely the minority in this case as remember no one is denied healthcare in this country. The tax payers already pick up their bills for them.
Reflection,
Sadly, there are several problems with this law that have yet to be properly answered. First, there has been no mention about how the quality of health care could possibly be improved by adding at least 30 million individuals to the current system. Adding to that problem is a survey reported in the New England Journal of Medicine this month which cited that because of the passage of this law, nearly one-third of the doctors will leave their profession.
Second, supporters have misrepresented the contents of this law. One example is the prohibition against insurance companies from banning adults with pre-existing conditions. This provision doesn't take effect immediately. It actually won't take effect until 2014. Another example is Obama telling us that our insurance premiums will go down $2,500 a year. Does he really believe that people are that gullible?
Supporters have also conveniently forgotten to tell the people who enjoy the Cadillac insurance plans that their benefits will be heavily taxed beginning in 2018.
And there is the matter regarding the actual cost of this law. According to its supporters, the $940 billion price tag is really saving us money. Only in Washington does "Alice in Wonderland" economics actually apply. By the way, how many government entitlement programs have actually come in, or under, their proposed cost?
There will be taxes taken from our paychecks to pay for long term care which looks exactly like social security but the extraction will be between $150 and $250 per month depending on how old you are. Remember as well, the guy who wrote this bill said he doesn't understand it all so your government has voted on a bill they did not read. I guess thats ok too.
