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It seems that we have an insurance salesman instead of a president. Perhaps Mr. Obama wants to start his own insurance agency when he retires, which at this rate will certainly be in January of 2013.
He has learned all about premiums, pre-existing conditions and deductible, preventative care and emergency room visits. Soon we will know if ambulance coverage is included.
And a dimwitted Congress is, in large measure, standing right there with him nodding their assent to enacting legislation beyond their constitutional authority instead of performing the regulatory functions they are entitled and required to perform which would provide immediate relief in many cases.
Isn’t is great to know that Mr. Obama is spending so much time on such insurance when 85% of the citizenry is basically satisfied with their coverage? Polls show that more than half the country does not want this type of healthcare legislation passed.
And now Mr. Obama touts his health scare reform as something that will create jobs! What is “Wrong-Way Barack” smoking?
As blogged previously, the free market is not the culprit. It is the answer. With just a minimal amount of regulation it will offer every conceivable choice. The more government gets involved, the fewer choices will be offered. It will not be pleasant.
Now that Mr. Obama knows all about insurance, his agency should do well. Wouldn’t it be great if he starts selling property and casualty insurance too?
We can hardly wait.
Have we lost all our sensibility? The federal government has overpromised Medicare and Social Security, benefits it cannot deliver. The system now spends more money than it takes in. The federal government wants to take over healthcare to hide its incompentence by the use of a "shell" game.
The federal government is promulgating a scam. They will tax the People for several years before the benefits begin. This, they claim is fighting the deficit. However, when the benefits commence many forecast the cost will consume all the nation's budget. Is this administration trying to bankrupt the country or healthcare? And, who wants the IRS being the enforcement arm of a healthcare program?
Congress and the President claim they can glean $400 billion by cutting waste and fraud. Then why haven't you done so? What are you waiting for? This has gone on for years with no action? And cutting Medicare by $622 billion, according to the President's mid-year budget, will surely ration care for the elderly, care that was promised to them.
In a supreme irony, those who scream the loudest to “keep laws off my body” (abortion) also are screaming the loudest in support of nationalized healthcare that would take care of their body.
Be that as it may, the solution for those needing healthcare insurance will not be solved by a federally financed option. What is the answer? There are several actions that would alleviate this crisis.
Why not just leave our money with us in the first place instead of using a healthy portion of our taxes to pay government employee wages, benefits and workspace to create and implement policies to collect, count, store, use, distribute and track our taxes By keeping more money in our pockets we can use that to buy our own health insurance just like we do our car insurance. Choose your deductible with varying degrees of coverage and affordability that fit your needs and wants.
Medicare and Medicaid pay charges at reduced rates, passing huge costs to private insurance policy holders thereby making insurance more expensive. If more people were covered with private insurance, reimbursement would be faster and more reliable allowing physicians to maintain smaller staffs and help to hold down their costs. But now “Wrong-Way” Barack and Congress will surely make it worse by taxing insurers (that means higher premiums for the insured) to help buy insurance for the uninsured! This is forecast to add $800 annually for the cost of private insurance. And they want to fine those who cannot afford insurance (somehow they are supposed to find the money to pay the fine). There is nothing in the Constitution that allows any of these actions.
Government should do its job “to make regular” (regulate) the purchasing of health insurance across state lines, develop “standards of care” as a measure towards tort reform. Non-profit insurance companies already exist that will insure those with pre-existing conditions. Government could also do much researching, educating and promoting use of natural remedies instead of forcing everything through the FDA. Of course, big business will fight this…but it will help to hold down healthcare costs.
The sad truth is that Democrats are refusing to pass these ideas because they may lessen the need for the gigantic power grab they envision. They want big government. And if the Republicans so strongly believe in these ideas, which would indeed prove meaningful, why didn't they pass them when they were in control of Congress?
The American public deserves better leadership.
