Much has been written (including here on the ‘Grok) about Obamacare. Now that our “we are the right ones to implement Socialism” are seeing the absolute nightmare that this Democrat nationalization of our healthcare system has now turned into a tsunami of badness, they are:
1)Saying that those whose Obamacare premiums have skyrocketed (up to $1300 /month with $13,000/year for deductions) are “only a few that aren’t covered by taxpayer subsidies”. In other words, we’re seeing the Socialist version of “immaterial collateral damage” (e.g., “well, ya gotta break a few eggs to get a great omlette” – but what if you are that egg?)
2)It doesn’t affect those with subsidies as the Government will just raise the amount of the subsidies. In other words, Democrats are just fine say ‘screw the rest of you that are paying for our “protected ones”‘).
Good post from ‘Grok friend Betsy McCaughey over at the New York Post that talks about how it affects the rest of us that aren’t directly on Obamacare – “we others”:
Insured through work? The law forces employers to provide a one-size-fits-all benefits package costing much more than pre-ObamaCare coverage. The law also imposes a slew of new taxes. No surprise, employers are offsetting these costs by raising deductibles and reducing family coverage. In 2017, many companies will eliminate insurance for spouses.
Working part-time?
Hundreds of thousands of workers have had their hours cut because ObamaCare requires employers to cover full-time employees, meaning those working 30 hours a week or more. Ironically, colleges, where Democrats outnumber Republicans, are major culprits, slashing hours for adjuncts and student workers to evade providing insurance.
Job-hunting? ObamaCare dampens the job market. In New York, 17 percent of service companies and 21 percent of manufacturers are reducing their workforces to stay below 50 full-time workers and dodge the employer mandate, according to the New York Federal Reserve.
Sixty-five or older? ObamaCare awards bonus points to hospitals that spend the least per senior. Researchers found that at 231 hospitals getting bonuses for low spending, seniors died needlessly because of inadequate care. For example, seniors having heart attacks were forced to wait too long for angioplasties and died before they could get the procedure.
ObamaCare emergency-room rules slap seniors with bills for “observation care.” You’re in the hospital, but you’re not officially “admitted.” It’s a cost-cutting gimmick. When it’s time to go home, Medicare doesn’t pay and you’re stuck with a huge tab.
Oh yeah, so much for that “no one should get between a patient and their doctor” crap from the Democrats:
A physician? Thank ObamaCare for the thousands of pages of new regulations dictating how you treat your Medicare patients. Precious minutes that could be spent talking to a patient are wasted filling out tedious, repetitive government forms. Physicians are glued to computer screens, following prompts instead of making eye contact with their patients and listening to them.
Refusenik? If you’re uninsured and refuse to buy ObamaCare, the average penalty is $995 per adult, $500 per child. Ouch.
And this, not associated with any of the bullet points above, should have a lot of us real worried:
Worst of all, Clinton wants to expand Medicare to people in their 50s. Seniors are already having a hard time finding a doctor to treat them for Medicare’s low rates. Adding millions of “50-somethings” trying to see the same doctors will make it impossible to get an appointment.
There have been a number of reports, and we have seen this here in NH, that those that could afford either Obamacare packages or private plans, are automatically being shoved into Medicare. She’ll steroid that.
Land of the Free? Nope; Hillary and the Democrats want my meme to come true:
The Bigger the Government, the smaller the citizen.
And with Hillary being pro-illegal alien and for amnesty along with her open borders statements, soon there will be the smallest of citizens…
…none at all.
