Another Step Towards Socialism: House Healthcare Reform Bill

HealthCare and the Capitol

The Progressives are moving in lockstep towards health care reform. The House bill is being debated, the Senate bill is classified top secret. What are we the people going to get?

I read the house bill, I found it very frightening. Speaker Pelosi and her cohorts have crafted a bill that will revamp the healthcare in this country. If this bill passes it we will all be forced into a system that raises taxes and increases our insurance premium costs. This bill puts the government in control of our healthcare and large sums of our money. This is the most extensive, expensive, do nothing for the people, healthcare bill in the history of the United States. It is more costly and complicated than medicare. If you don’t believe me read the bill yourself.

After months of calling the insurance companies thieves and liars the writers of this bill have created a wonder and profitable place for them, “THE EXCHANGE,” where all of us must go to purchase insurance unless we meet the new poverty levels and qualify for Medicaid. We will find all the familiar names waiting for us in the exchange. Do you think cheaper insurance because of a larger pool of customers? Think again, the bill allows a 25% increase in premiums for the insurance companies. Nice! Seems to me the champaign contributions will continue to roll in while Congress rolls over and we get screwed.

We get to keep what we have huh? We are grandfathered in. Do you know what grandfathered in means in government speak? It means the people who are currently in a program can stay, but did you know this bill prohibits insurance companies from issuing policies to individuals at year one of the start up. They have to go to the exchange. What does this tell us? It tells me that if you stay in your old program you can but, as soon as all of us in the program have died or quit, the program will end leaving only the exchange.

The medicaid portion concerns me greatly. I know that under any government assistance program there are income and ownership limitations. If you are one of the folks that qualify for Medicaid you have to accept it, you have no other options. On the surface this sounds fine but what of the people under this new qualifying level who own a house? A house is an asset. They  may not qualify and be forced into the exchange. These folks are struggling to make ends meet and they will be forced to absorb a monthly health insurance premium payment, they might be forced to sell just to get Medicaid or make a premium payment. You think that these kind of folks don’t exists, think again I know several.

You may be asking yourself, how does this lead us to socialism? My opinion is the government is forcing me to purchase something I may not want or already have, they are telling me where to purchase it. Progressives make the case that the government already does this in many forms. I agree! Each one of these mandates costs me more personal choices and liberties. Each one of these mandates is another step towards socialism. It is my opinion that we as citizens have an obligation to pay taxes to support many important government functions for the benefit of us all. It is my opinion that there is a fine line between these obligations and government control. The policies of this administration and congress are crossing that line.

There is just to much to discuss in one blog so I will have to continue this later. Please get involved, make your voice heard. Indications are Pelosi won’t listen but your rep might!

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