The people that think this bill is great needs to read this:
1: The Indigent - People currently on Medicaid (for free) will lose services. Part of Obamacare is to offer states more Medicaid money. Problem is, by taking the money, States are then required to provide more services than that money covers... a net loss to the State. Lets say a State could get $100M, but has to provide $150M in services. It would be stupid for States to take that money. So, each year the funding from the Feds will remain static, at this years level, buying less services each year. The indigent will suffer.
2: The Un-Insured - The vast majority of the "un-insured" are that way by choice. Don't fuss, it's a proven statistic. They are young, single and in good health so they choose not to have insurance. They no longer have that option. They will either pay for insurance or pay the penalty to the IRS. Thing is, the penalty is less than the insurance, so the majority of them will remain un-insured by choice.
3: Employees - If you have insurance through your employer, the Feds are going to judge your plan and if it doesn't meet their standard, they will fine your employer. Thing is, to have a plan that meets the Fed standard will be more expensive to most employers than the fine, so guess what? You lose your insurance.
4: Insurance Companies - Strangely enough, these people currently support this plan. They look just a short distance into the future and see a rush of people to buy their services. Long term, though, when the government Exchanges are set up, they will lose. The Exchanges will offer Medicaid to the masses (under a different name) and because they are subsidized by taxes, will be cheaper than the insurance companies can offer. When enough folks move to the Exchanges the insurance companies will close leaving the Exchange as your only option. Folks that complain about what WalMart does to local businesses, same idea. Drive the little guy out of business then when he's gone you can charge anything you want.
5: Tax Payers - To get this monstrosity approved, all kinds of shortcuts and assumptions were handed to the Congressional Budget Office and they calculated it to cost under a Trillion dollars. Thing is, the CBO is only allowed to calculate what you hand them. If they are presented with a scenario that flying monkeys are going to fly out of Pelosi's butt and drop million dollar bills into the treasury, that's what they have to calculate. So, the rosie scenarios presented to them never actually materialize so they ALWAYS underestimate a bills cost. Most recent estimate is now at $2T and climbing. Double. And that's still the estimate. Just wait for the actual costs to start coming in. You think Obama spending $5T in 3 years was bad? Just wait.
This entire charade doesn't materialize until after the election in November. So, they are counting on folks not understanding the future. The unwashed masses that look around and say "Well, I don't see it negatively effecting me... today" are just the morons they are counting on to vote Obama back in.
God forbid we find out what he'll do in his second term when he has no hesitation or limitation on what his liberal socialist mind can come up with.
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