Congressional talking heads and even the President stated during their discussions for the need to pass this bill and even in the post passage afterglow glee, that Obamacare will immediately take care of kids with pre-existing conditions - oops - sorry, that is wrong, that provision doesn't kick in until 2014 - hmmm... maybe it would have been better to actually read it before making claims or better yet, before passing it in the first place - what else did they(we) miss in this bill?
Democratic Governor from Montana, Brian Schweitzer is claiming this bill does not get to the underlying costs of healthcare so we have done nothing to reduce costs, we have again just attacked prices, retail prices, or the consumers cost - not the actual costs to produce the service/product/good...many of us have been saying this for a long time but now at least someone from the other side admits it - so what does this bill really do - is it about control?
Didn't a Democratic Congressman tell us this past week about the process and the health bill that "...we need to control the people" - oops, yes that was said I do remember - a little revealing that this is much more then health care, much more.
case in point...
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the influential Finance Committee, said the overhaul was an "income shift" to help the poor. Hmmm...that contrasted with the arguments Democrats have been making in the past year for reinventing the health care system: to expand health care coverage to the uninsured and tighten regulations on insurance companies while reducing the federal deficit. Now we are hearing that it is really to "shift" income - redistribute - how is that American? - to take money from achievers and give it to the non-performers by force - charity is a choice, not a government dictate - so much more then about health care.
"This bill creates 159 new agencies, commissions and bureaus. Now, the idea that the Department of Health and Human Services (or any government agency) can implement a bill that has 159 new offices is just a fantasy." And this from the Heritage Foundation's Brian Blase taken from his analysis of the Bill where it is clear its costs out weigh any benefits: "Obamacare has increased Government control of Americas' health care choices; raised the cost of insurance; forced insurers to stop offering child-only policies; broken the promise that an individual can keep his insurance unaltered; and bailed out underfunded union early-retiree health care plans."
And now after this bill's passage and the latest federal budget and the trillions of dollars that imposes on our economy we find that most American voters believe it’s possible that the nation’s economy could collapse, and majorities don’t think elected officials in Washington have any ideas on how to fix it. In a poll just at the end of this week finds that 79 percent of voters think it’s possible the economy could collapse, including large majorities of Democrats (72 percent), Republicans (84 percent) and independents (80 percent).
