Posted by
novelator on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:54:58 AM
From an article in
the Washington Post: "Health-care reform comes in several different flavors these days, but
the basic minimum is that it allows all people to buy health insurance
regardless of medical history, and it provides subsidies to help poor
and middle-income families buy health insurance. That means that if you
get sick and lose your job, you will still be able to get health care.
That is something that everyone should be in favor of -- because
everyone can get sick and lose his or her job."
Right. So if you get sick and lose your job, and lose your health
insurance that went with said job, with what funds are you then going
to purchase healthcare insurance from the government? There's no logic
here.
And as for the liberals railing on about insurance companies and computers
and nurses deciding care, just what do you think the government will be
using to decide whether or not you qualify for treatment? The
biggest problem is that the government's computers will be scoring your
ability to receive treatment based on your age as well. Ever see
Ezekiel Emanuel's little life chart? This modern-day Mengele would deny
treatment to the youngest and oldest among us, including newborns,
based on expected years of productivity--and this is the man advising
Obama on...say it with me, kids...healthcare. He's also the brother of
Rahm Emanuel of "never let a good crisis go to waste" fame. And why
would Obama surround himself with sicko's like these two if he didn't
subscribe to their thinking?
Since when should we Americans support a bill that says in the best of
government doublespeak, "this tax shall not be considered a tax."
Hello? Anyone got a clue out there?
Why should any halfway-informed American support a bill that allows
the government to reach into their bank accounts on a whim? Or run an
end-around play on Real ID by issuing us all a national health ID card?
Excuse me, but why is this stuff, and more like it, even included in
the bill? Are the 1000-plus pages supposed to act as a deterrent to
anyone who might want to read the damn thing? Oh, I think so. If Obama
and his unhappy socialists want to provide healthcare reform, I'm quite
sure they could do so in plain English, without all these other hidden perks designed to give them total control. The bill, as written,
was designed to be rushed--unread--through Congress, like the stimulus,
but now that we've managed to slow those spendy b*st*rds down long
enough to read what's in the bill, their sell has become ten times
harder because they've learned, the hard way, that the American People
are not as dumb as they think.
I'm not at all convinced the new Health Czar created under this bill--or should I say Health Commissioner--will be any more sympathetic to
my needs or that of my family than the computers they're going to use to
calculate who lives and who dies, who's worth treating and who isn't.
Occasionally, at the insurance companies, you can actually get a real
live person on the line who can help you. What kind of customer service
do you think we're all going to get from a government whose social
security reps already take four months or more to get back to you? Please. Look
at all the above and tell me why Congress and the president have
exempted themselves from coverage.
One other thing: at least now, under the present system, if I have
a gripe with my insurance company, I can sue. But under this bill, you
can't sue the government for letting your children die because they
dragged their heels making a decision. Says so, right in the bill.
My last point, however, is something every American should seriously consider--why haven't the
stimulus funds been spent yet? Why is the economy of this country being
allowed to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs every month without those
funds being spent? Why is the Congress even considering Cap and Trade
now, when everyone agrees that it will raise prices on everything
across the board? Now, think about that "never let a crisis go to
waste" philosophy, then ask yourself if Rahm meant to say "never let a
manufactured crisis go to waste." Because that's what I think is going
on here,
a manufactured crisis in economy, in healthcare, and soon,
immigration reform, etc, to drive us all like mindless cattle to
embrace Obama socialism. I'm going to be very curious to see if, in the next
few months and certainly before Obama's term expires, whether he and
his thugs will have the audacity to find some reason to invoke martial
law and suspend elections "in the interest of national security" you
understand.
If you want to snitch on me for being an unAmerican American patriot, don't bother. I already did that myself.