Good people of Clusterville,
I started this thread to see if any of you perceived the significance of what is happening as I have… From the comments, some of you recognize the impact the affordable health care legislation will have on all of us.
Unfortunately, now that Obama has signed this egregious bill into law, I don't see the level of situational awareness to recognize this as another milestone in a frightening legislative agenda designed to shred the Constitution, redistribute wealth, take control of the people, and transform our great Nation into a socialist state…
If you doubt this first statement… listen to Rep Dingell's (D-MI) comments where he let the truth slip out on the liberal motivation and aspirations driving Obamacare… Dingell: It will take some time to… "to take the necessary steps to control the people."
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I'll try to explain, offer a prediction and ask a few questions in an attempt to clarify what is happening as I see it…
It's not about affordable health care… It never was… It's far more devious than that… It's about destroying the private medical insurance industry, taking over yet another large segment of our economy, and making another large segment of the population welfare dependants of a socialist state.
This isn't the beginning and it won't be the end. It's part of a hundred year old socialist wet dream and nightmare that's coming true at a frightening pace… It’s about a carefully orchestrated legislative agenda being carried out by a rogue Congress and a Marxist trained community organizer in the White House.
All this is being done under the cover of deception and misdirection as their goal is to take over our entire economy, redistribute our wealth, destroy the Constitution and turn America into a socialist state.
If these lying weasels told you the truth about their goals, you'd call for their impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors because of their blatant acts of bribery and treason… then have them charged and convicted for these crimes… Seeing them do the perp walk in orange jump suits and manacles might be a good deterrent to the remaining America haters…
I can hear the wheels turning… so I'm reminded of the lead-in line and refrain from the song "Ya Got Trouble" from the Music Man… If you don't remember the lyrics, it goes like this…
" Well… either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge, or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of…" and I'll add… socialists in Congress… "Oh we got trouble…"
If you doubt what I'm saying… just look at what's happened so far and look at their agenda of things to come…
Big government liberals have been taking an increased level of control over education for over 130 years… Obamacare just sealed the deal and took over student tuition loans as the sole provider from Sallie Mae… The sole provider that is, with the exception of one bank in North Dakota… Hmmm… Perhaps this bank was a kick back bribe for a "yes" vote on Obamacare?
This Obamacare provision makes a whole new group of indentured people dependant on government and destroys another private industry.
The home loan and auto industries are now under big government control… The Fannie and Freddie bail out alone has created a tax liability that could dwarf the cost of Obamacare when home foreclosure rates rise due to the continued unemployment.
The financial industry – banks and thrift institutions - will fall under big government control when the Senate passes Chris Dodd's financial reform bill… That bill will essentially give the Secretary of the Treasury the power to take over a financial institution "that's too big to fail," fire everyone, and sell off its assets…
Today when a bank or thrift institution fails the charting authority – the state, revokes the charter, closes the bank and appoints the FDIC, an independent agency of the federal government, as the receiver. When this bill passes the Senate and is signed into law, the Secretary of the Treasury will have the power to the same thing… except the kicker here is the Secretary of the Treasury can do this at any time even if the bank or thrift institution hasn't failed… In short, this power will reside in the executive branch of government… Another power grab…
Liberals have stymied the US energy industry for well over 35 years and it's in decline with respect to production due to ever increasing big government regulations… The House passed a bill that sets a 17 percent reduction target for U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 from 2005 levels. The Senate is working on its version of a similar bill. When that passes, big government will have a strangle hold on the energy industry… Thank Al Gore for this one… And the liberals in big government will start taxing carbon emissions so they can take more of your income as a further instrument of control over your daily life…
The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act (ARRA) OF 2009, a.k.a. the porkulus act laid the groundwork for single payer social medicine with a $36 Billion dollar down payment on an Orwellian computer system and network to automate your medical records. Provisions in the porkulus also contain the seeds to take over the Internet, the communications industry, and the news media…
My prediction…
Come January 2011 when group medical insurance policies renew, the premiums on these policies will increase anywhere between 50% and 300% to cover State and Federal insurance commission actuarial reserve and high risk pool requirements....
This is predictable and it was planned… It's due to all the Obamacare mandates placed on the evil and greedy medical insurance industry that makes on average, a whopping 3% to 5% profit margin after paying out medical claims, tax and other expenses… I know… I get the SEC filings on UNH and Aetna in the annual statement for my 301k.
Guaranteed coverage for pre-existing conditions, the cap on out-of-pocket expenses, dropping the cap on lifetime benefits and allowing children less than 27 years of age (YGBSM) covered on their parent's medical insurance policies will be enough to trigger these increases…
FYI, I agree with all of these provisions except for children less than 27 years of age and I also understand these provisions come with a cost… I'd only hoped these costs could have been paid out of the Porkulus…
When the cost of these insurance premiums go up, the Marxist trained community organizer in the White House and hopefully the lame duck liberal democrats in Congress will howl at the moon and scream… "We told you the medical insurance companies are evil and greedy… and this is why we need a single payer, government run, social health care system." More cover and deception… and there goes the medical health insurance industry with more unemployment…
If you think the liberal democrats passed Obamacare because they care about you and me… think again… All they really care about is growing a welfare class of people totally dependent on the government entitlements they've enacted… They do this so they can remain in office and have the power to make decisions for the people.
That’s why they also want to fast-track comprehensive immigration reform to grant amnesty to over 10 million illegal aliens, give them instant citizenship and give them shiny new Obamacare cards paid for with new subsidies… That's the only way they can stay in office…
Now ask yourself… Where is that money coming from to pay for these new instant US citizens? The answer… BOHICA and stand by for a value added tax on everything…
You've got to ask… if Obamacare is so great and it's going to be so popular… why are there provisions in this bill, as the CBO points out, that give the IRS $1 Billion extra each year for the next ten years to hire nearly 17,000 new agents to enforce it's mandates?
These dedicated IRS agents are going to share your tax data with HHS/CMS and they're going to fine you for any non-compliance… And, if you don't pay the fine, they'll keep any income tax refund you may have coming then they'll go after your checking account and wages… should you be fortunate enough to have a full time job that pays more than poverty level wages…
These IRS agents are also going to monitor each and every business on a monthly basis to ensure compliance and share that information with CMS as well… (Orwell was right) so big government now has its hooks into small business…
Now for the rapid fire round:
Does Obamacare increase the number of physicians? No!
Does Obamacare offer any meaningful tort reform? No!
Will Obamacare prevent medical insurance premiums from rising? No!
Will Obamacare make your health care more affordable? No!
Will Obamacare decrease the wait time to see your PCP? No!
Will Obamacare increase the cost of doing business? Yes!
Will Obamacare help small businesses with less than 25 employees? No"
When do we start paying for Obamacare? You just started when it was signed
When will Obamacare start paying subsidies and entitlements? 2014 - 2018
Will we pay more taxes because of Obamacare? Yes!
When will Obamacare start taxing union Cadillac health care plans? 2018
Will Obamacare make it easier for us to get oxygen therapy? No… and here's why…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) started taking steps in 2009 to reduce coverage for DME Oxygen and oxygen contents for Medicare beneficiaries … See their own projected spend plan below… then realize the Medicare cuts that went into effect when the affordable health care bill was signed, will accelerate cuts in the DME Oxygen spend plan. Some of you may argue that's a problem for us old folks… and that's true, but, then you'll become one of us soon enough…
However, as coverage determinations made by the CMS bureaucrats form the coverage basis for most of the medical insurance companies and these companies also service Medicaid… the future availability of coverage for oxygen therapy for cluster headache sufferers is in serious doubt even if you're under 65 and can afford to pay for your own medical insurance.
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The fact that CMS will cut coverage for DME oxygen for Medicare beneficiaries from $1.7 Billion in 2009 to $52 Million in 2014 should get your attention… Then realize 99.9% of the over 1 million Medicare beneficiaries receiving oxygen therapy are COPD sufferers… and they're not counting any of the baby boomers turning 65…
As cluster headache sufferers, we don't count… because we're not covered if we happen to be a Medicare beneficiary and don't have a Medicare Advantage or second insurance plan… and this bill not only cuts over 500 Billion from Medicare funding, it also cuts funding for the Medicare Advantage plans too…
In case you've not figured it out… DME stands for durable medical equipment… that will also be subject to additional tax under provisions of Obamacare, but that's only if there are any home care companies near you that deliver your oxygen left in business… Obamacare jumps ugly on small businesses that provide DME oxygen...
Almost done…
Does anyone really believe Obama and the liberal democrats when they say Obamacare will cut the deficit? I sure don't.
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I don't know about you, but it's hard to get my head around numbers this big so I think of it as a debt of $691,000 per family against an average family income of $61,000, and that's far from a comforting thought…
I think we need to face up to the facts… then ask if we can really afford another massive entitlement like Obamacare when Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are approaching insolvency…
Another factoid from Michelle Bachmann… from the 15th of October 2008 to the 24th of March 2010, the Federal Government has taken control of 50% of this Nations private economy… Try to get your head around that!!!
Now for bonus question… Can we really afford to stand by and let a rogue Congress and a Marxist trained community organizer in the White House continue to execute the Cloward-Piven strategy to destroy our Nation?
In 1966 when I started my career as a Navy pilot, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. For the next 24 years, the cold war enemy was the Soviet Union. Now the enemy is domestic, in our Congress, they're far left socialists and they're attacking our Constitution…
That oath I swore remains resolute today… Accordingly, when the mid-term and presidential elections come around, I intend to use my Constitution right to vote these lying socialist weasels out of office by voting for conservatives… and take back my Government.
Please do your own homework to come up with your own conclusions… then vote…
God Bless America
V/R, Batch
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