Obamacare: The Top Ten

Since March of 2010 when the landmark healthcare reform was passed through two federal statutes: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872), Americans continue to express their concerns on whether the new laws (AKA Obamacare) are good for the country. Even though most people will agree that some type of health care reform is absolutely necessary, many argue whether these specific bills are the solution or an additional burden to an inevitable disaster. While those who oppose the new laws suggest that the supporters are “drinking Kool-Aid” (a condescending technique to reduce one’s credibility by suggesting inferior intellect), those who support the laws accuse opponents of being unsympathetic villains (an emotional based technique to reduce one’s credibility). Unfortunately, both sides continue to use name bashing and scare tactics as a means to support their cause rather than use legitimate reasons that are supported by creditable sources and data. Thus, the purpose of this post is to explain in some detail the top ten reasons why I believe Obamacare will not benefit Americans.  

Excluding a few short lived moments where I owned a ceramic business or worked my way into a management position, most of my life I have had to work numerous minimum wage jobs just trying to keep a roof over my head and food in the refrigerator. There are times that I had to choose between food and paying my bills; and yes, I have been homeless. That was because I only had the education and skills of a 7th grade child. I did not get a second chance in life until I was much older, and had numerously been run through the mill. Needless to say, I did not nor could I afford health insurance. So my belief on the subject does not come from someone who has been spoiled with riches, but of someone who is both synesthetic to those who are misfortunate and one who believes in personal responsibility. I believe both of these elements are vital to this discussion. 

While I believe that some government intervention is required in order to protect citizens from power and corruption, and to make health care and pharmaceutical supplies affordable to all citizens (including the working poverty, senior citizens, and disabled), I believe that Obamacare is not the solution. In fact, I believe that this legislation will take this country from the frying pan into the fire. While I have numerous reasons with sources to support my argument, I will only list ten.

1.      The legislation was pushed through illegally. During the voting stages, Democrats prevented the Republicans from voting by locking them out of the capital. We have all seen enough Law and Order to know that one illegal action in the due process order makes the product illegal—“eating from the forbidden fruit.”

2.      Many Democrats did not want to vote for it all. In fact, the only way they could push it through in their own party is to bribe these challengers with certain privileges and to allow certain states to be excluded from the law. I do not know about you, but if congressman and senators will not vote for something unless their state is excluded from it, it cannot be good for the country.   

3.      Until recently, no one even knew what was in the bill, let alone be able to make an informative decision about it. Remember Nancy Pelosi’s famous statement, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it”?

4.      According to the New York Times (normally liberal in ideology)  Obamacare "will leave out two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers and more than half of the low-wage workers who do not have insurance, the very kinds of people that the program was intended to help." 

5.      Obamacare will cost taxpayers $1.8 to $2.6 trillion over the next 10 years.

6.      According to the Associated Press, 3.5 million Americans have received notices from their health insurance companies that their plans will be canceled due to Obamacare. This does not include the one billion dollars of the tax payer’s money that it takes to build the Obamacare website (which is still not running correctly). Yet, President Obama repeatedly said "if you like your plan, you can keep your plan."

7.      Small businesses make up 49.2 percent of private-sector employment. If they cannot afford to offer healthcare to their employees under the new law, which has already been predetermined that they cannot, the employment rate will drastically drop, causing unemployment to rise. Since all social programs are supported by tax-payers and the rate of tax payers will drop, these programs will not be able to fund the new applicants that are now in need of financial help as a result losing their jobs. It is all about supply and demand. You cannot demand any help, if there is not any supply.

8.      Just like the FBI, IRS, and FDA, Obamacare will create another federal agency. Only with the country’s deficit at 135.2 trillion, we cannot afford to incorporate one.

9.      Just like all federal agencies, the new agency will have the power to invade our privacy under the disguise of health laws. Nothing will be off limits.  Health care reform should include laws that protect people from corporation power, much like labor laws. Not to use health to make people dependent on the government. The power to control is usually found by keeping the masses mentally weak (uninformed) and physically dependent.

10.  This law is the closest thing we have seen to socialized medicine in this country. If we are going to embrace socialism, we need to think about the possible results. Greece ruled under socialism. When they went bankrupt and could not afford to care for the people, the people turned on the government. Remember the riots in Greece?  Is this really what we want? 

I believe if Americans are both responsible, plan for the future, and are companionate to offer reduced healthcare to those at the poverty level (something where they are being responsible by paying something into it, maintaining their self-respect, and it is affordable for their income) we can have real healthcare reform.

Just one more thing: anyone who suggests that one who currently has health insurance is incapable of being sympathetic towards those without it (even though he/she may have been without health insurance during various stages of life), is sadly mistaken. That is like saying that a rape victim cannot empathize with other rape victims because he/she is presently not being raped.   Sometimes the strongest passion IS NOT developed by what a person is currently encountering, but by what they have previously experienced.

References

CNS News. Pelosi Won't Say If She's Read It To Find Out What's In It. October 10, 2013. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/pelosi-wont-say-if-shes-read-it-find-out-whats-it

FactCheck.Org. Millions Lost Insurance. April 14, 2014. http://www.factcheck.org/2014/04/millions-lost-insurance/

New York Times. Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law. October 2, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/health/millions-of-poor-are-left-uncovered-by-health-law.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  August 23, 2014. http://creationwiki.org/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act

Seven Devastating Obamacare Facts. (2013). 

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/05/7-Devastating-Obamacare-Facts