Obama's second cousin sez:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/21/we-are-witnessing-the-unmistakable-collapse-of-an-/
We are witnessing the unmistakable collapse of an American presidency. While this may not yet be irreversible, it certainly was predictable and preventable. Chief among its causes has been the unbridled hubris that prompted this president to force
Obamacare, the government takeover of the finest health care system in the world, against the clear will of “we the people” while turning his back on the free-market principles that once made us the most prosperous nation on earth.
Obamacare would reduce our deficit. We were to believe that millions of Americans would be added to the insurance rolls, that medical care would not suffer, and somehow, almost magically, costs would go down.
Obamacare would allow you to keep your doctor and your current insurance. How can you keep your doctor if your doctor can’t keep his practice? The
New England Journal of Medicine reported a survey that showed
nearly half of America’s doctors are being forced to consider leaving their practice if Obamacare is implemented. And businesses already are finding they can no longer provide the same insurance policies to their employees that they had before Obamacare
Obamacare would not jeopardize senior citizens’ care. The continued viability of
Medicare Advantage is in serious jeopardy because of
Mr. Obama’s
Medicare cuts to pay for other parts of his health care overhaul. Companies already are announcing that they can no longer offer this very popular free-market
Medicare reform. What’s more, fewer doctors are able to accept
Medicare patients with the downward pressure on reimbursement levels, currently stuck at 1980s levels. Too often, physicians’ practices cannot survive being in business with the
federal government. Already, 42 percent of doctors do not accept
Medicare, and that number is increasing. Your shiny government-issued
Medicare card is meaningless without doctors who will accept it.
Obamacare would not ration health care. The president promised time and time again that he would not ration health care, and then promptly, under the cloak of a recess appointment, installed as the head of
Medicare a man who would do it for him.
Dr. Donald Berwick has announced unambiguously and with glee many times over that he will indeed ration America’s medical care (in addition to his own bizarre promises to redistribute your wealth) but he assures us that he’s our intellectual better, so it will be fine.
Obamacare would not raise taxes on anyone earning less than $250,000 a year.
“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” New excise taxes on pharmaceuticals and medical products will, of course, by necessity be passed on to the patients who depend on these lifesaving medicines, pacemakers, MRI machines or even tongue depressors. Even more flagrant, there are new Obamacare taxes on everything from tampons to tanning salons, from gold to the sale of your home.