I know this is a professional blog, and I’ll do my best to keep it under control, but I am mad. I am so angry. Our representative form of government (Dance, Boccieri, dance to Pelosi’s tune while you still can!) was shot all to hell today, and there are actually people celebrating. We called, we were polled, we protested, we made our voices heard, and hear us, they did. But they didn’t care. They were going to do what they wanted, no matter what the American people thought. Health care reform has been on the liberal agenda for a couple of decades now. Two words, TORT REFORM! Would’ve changed the landscape of healthcare today if it had been passed years ago, but now we’re in deep.
There are so many things wrong with this health care bill, I hardly know where to start. Congress is fine with this bill because they will not be subject to it’s consequences. They, unlike the rest of us, will still get to make their own insurance and medical choices. So if you are self employed or make more than $250k a year, you are in big trouble. If you are small business, you are in big trouble. If you happen to be older and sick, look out because the “board” might not think you are worth treating. The people that have insurance through big corporations are going to either pay more or receive fewer benefits when those corporations decide they scale back the benefits they offer! The only way to win is if you are on welfare… oh wait, people on welfare were already getting medical coverage through the state, so that means the states are going to be in just as dire a financial situation as the rest of us, as more and more people will lose jobs due to higher taxes, and apply for benefits.
There are many things wrong with this bill, but here’s a start:
1) Significant tax increases for small business and individuals in the midst of the worst economy in a generation, that will surely lead to the loss of jobs.
2) The likelihood (near guarantee) that insurance companies will go out of business leaving the government as the sole insuring entity, hence a single payer system. Insurance companies cannot survive the demands in this bill – they are businesses too, and already only turn 1-2% profit. (Single payer system = Governmental monopoly, socialism, tyranny)
3) This is almost the sickest part of all of this: the government takeover of student loans, i.e.> deciding which individual gets the loan, which schools get students through loans and the control this gives the government. Now the government can reward those institutions that sell their ideology and punish those that don’t. Don’t think they’ll do that? If they can pass a massive infringement on individual rights like this bill through unconstitutional trickery, they can certainly push their agenda through student loans. And please, remind me again what this has to do with health care?
4) The strain this will put on medicare, which is already tremendously in the red.
5) The gross infringement on individual rights created by this bill – it is not this government’s role to require us to buy an insurance policy or anything else – and the IRS will be enforcing citizen participation, with fines!… seriously?
6) The process – if this is the right bill for Health care reform, tell me why, do we have to resort to such underhanded, desperate tactics (bribes, special deals) to get it passed. It’s just wrong to pass such a massive piece of legislation with such partisan, divisive and likely unconstitutional methods.
7) Over control by the government will mean that you and your doc will no longer make your health care decisions. A board will do that, and let you know what they’ll allow. In response to this, we will lose doctors. This is already happening, and it will only get worse. Who wants to be told by the government how to do their job, and then be paid, too little, too late, for it?
This whole thing is something I never thought I would see in America. We planned to teach our children about individual liberties, Capitalism, States Rights, and the Constitution by allowing them to live it, experience it for themselves. Now, I am afraid these lessons will be gotten only from the history books. Thank God we homeschool, and for now, can choose our own books, or they probably wouldn’t even read about it in history class.
Some additional commentary:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775504575136133814210008.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/03/22/andrea-tantaros-obama-pelosi-reid-health-care-cbo-abuse-power/
http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/19/here-comes-the-health-care-bill-%e2%80%a6-there-go-the-doctors/
