The Truth About Obamacare

From New Yorker writer John Cassidy quoted in today's WSJ:

Mr. Cassidy is more honest than the politicians whose dishonesty he supports. "The U.S. government is making a costly and open-ended commitment," he writes. "Let's not pretend that it isn't a big deal, or that it will be self-financing, or that it will work out exactly as planned. It won't. What is really unfolding, I suspect, is the scenario that many conservatives feared. The Obama Administration . . . is creating a new entitlement program, which, once established, will be virtually impossible to rescind."

Why are they doing it? Because, according to Mr. Cassidy, ObamaCare serves the twin goals of "making the United States a more equitable country" and furthering the Democrats' "political calculus." In other words, the purpose is to further redistribute income by putting health care further under government control, and in the process making the middle class more dependent on government. As the party of government, Democrats will benefit over the long run.

Why are we acting like this is a good thing? This bill if anything will lead not to good care, but rationed care. Right now, if small businesses, who most of the tax penalties will hit, don't provide health insurance, they get taxes. Now, the tax is 8% payroll, which actually if you think about it, weather it's fair or not is besides the point right now, but it is certainly cheaper then providing health care for all of your employees.

So as a result you will see more people lose their coverage, more layoffs and a larger population using the public option. This, along with the system abusers who will pay a fine instead of buying insurance to get the free option, will cause an over crowded public option system, that when there are too many people, no enough revenue, will lead to rationing. Because they won't be able to afford or maintain it.

Have doubts? look at Hawaii's Kikiecare or Tennessee's Tencare.