As millions of Americans, who previously had insurance and
doctors they were satisfied with and wanted to keep, are suddenly left without
insurance, millions others keep losing their new coverage under the much touted
Affordable Care Act.
Many Americans became part-time employees without insurance,
forcing them to choose plans under the state exchanges. Employers, who could
not afford the mandated procedures of the Affordable Care Act, dropped the
insurance coverage plans they had previously offered their employees at
affordable rates, and reduced employment hours.
With the new exchange plans, bronze, silver, gold, and
platinum, people cannot afford to see a doctor when their new plans have such huge
deductibles. For most people, it is impossible to meet deductibles in a year
and they must pay out of pocket. For them, medical care has now become a very
expensive service.
While Obamacare has helped a statistically insignificant
percent of Americans, it has devastated the health care of millions who were
previously affording their healthcare premiums, had good coverage, low
deductibles and co-pays, and their doctors were available within their
residential area or a short travel distance.
Suddenly, millions have found themselves paying double or
triple premiums, with deductibles going up from $500 to $5,000 and decreased coverage,
with the exception of maternity care for all and contraception. There is something
seriously wrong when the monthly health care premium becomes larger than mortgage
and utilities combined. How fair is it for the bulk of middle-class Americans
to pay health care premiums for illegal aliens and welfare recipients while
having to let go of their own health insurance because it has skyrocketed? This
is not providing health care for 20 percent of previously uninsured Americans;
it is socialist redistribution of wealth.
It is laudable to offer insurance to people previously
uninsurable, but forcing other working Americans to pay for it and punishing them
through IRS fines is wrong and it is a form of stealing. The law has been
written by liberals for liberals, to benefit their Democrat voting constituents
to the detriment of everyone else. The concept that everyone should be insured
is sound but not through Obamacare.
Medical care is not a right, in spite of what liberals
claim, it is a service just like any other service you purchase for a nominal
fee. Doctors and nurse practitioners must spend years to train in medical
school where tuition and books are very expensive. Nobody wants to work for free and nobody
should have the right to decide how much your remuneration should be.
Those who were previously uninsured due to preexisting
conditions have a point. However, those who cried that they could not afford
the premiums or chose to gamble on good health should look carefully at their
priorities. What is the cost of their Internet, cable, Netflix, cell phone
bill, cigarettes, beer, wine, movies, drugs, fancy clothes, and restaurant
meals/ fast food?
Taking from those who work to pay for those who do not work
is government-sanctioned stealing. Economically speaking, for every day that
you have to work to pay for someone else, you are a financial slave to that
person. The cheap, subsidized Obamacare policy that you receive through the
exchanges is paid for by hard-working Americans, not by your Obama government.
U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Alabama) said, “We took away the
health care system that worked for 80 percent of the people of this country to
fix a problem that we today know we fixed for only one percent of the American
people. Only 3 million new Americans have gotten on this new health care plan
that did not have insurance before, that’s one percent of the American people.
So we threw out the health care plan that worked for 80 percent of Americans,
to fix a problem for one percent of Americans. And look what it’s done! It’s
wrecked lives!” He continued, “This law is fundamentally flawed! This law has
victimized the people of America!”
Although there have been 60 attempts to repeal Obamacare, it
is here to stay. The Daily Signal wrote about the Nebraska woman whose
Obamacare insurance was canceled three times. Her first cancellation was with Humana who
decided to pull out of Nebraska and second and third from the Iowa nonprofit CoOpportunity
Health which was liquidated and her platinum plan was no longer offered. She is
now covered under a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan.
The federal government offered $2 billion in loans to
nonprofit co-ops created under Obamacare (to meet state reserve requirements)
and twenty-three co-ops were formed offering insurance in 26 states. According
to the Daily Signal, “more than 520,000 people enrolled in insurance coverage
through the co-ops through September.” Their research indicated that all co-ops
but one had operating losses, with outlays exceeding reserves. “Claims were
eating up all the surplus and reserve [money].” http://dailysignal.com/2015/02/17/one-nebraska-woman-lost-health-insurance-three-times-obamacare/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=morningbell&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoiu6vOZKXonjHpfsX56uwlX6W0lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ES8djI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQrLBMa1ozrgOWxU%3D
There are more troubling thoughts in this quagmire. The IRS has our medical records, will collect
fines for non-compliance with Obamacare, and is going to demand refunds from
those who received too much subsidy under the state exchanges. But illegal aliens are still covered for free
and those with religious objections don’t have to pay a penalty and are given medical
care. What a relief!
Copyright: Ileana Johnson 2015
Copyright: Ileana Johnson 2015
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