Forward Grubers!

      

      As we celebrate (ahem) the 6th anniversary of Obamacare to the celebratory cheers of the Grubers who inflicted this abomination (Obamination?) on the American people we have to take a look at all the good that Obamacare has done:

·        Twelve of the 23 Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (co-ops) in the U.S., which were intended to spur competition and lower prices, folded in 2015, costing American taxpayers more than $1.23 billion.

•         Risk corridors, which enable the government to compensate insurers that underestimated costs and undercharged their subscribers, paid out much less than the insurers expected because the funds dried up. What’s more, the program is due to expire after this year.

•         As a result, insurance premiums and deductibles have gone up dramatically, while the number of doctors patients can see has gone down.

•         The losses incurred by the major insurers in the past year have been staggering, and the likes of UnitedHealth, Aetna and others have signaled that participating in health insurance exchanges may no longer be sustainable.

•         The number of young, comparatively healthy people who were expected to sign up and balance out the insurers’ payments to older, sicker people fell drastically short of expectations, which in turn compounded the problem of rising costs. Penalties finally are kicking in for people who don’t buy plans, but young adults may be willing to pay the penalty, which is considerably lower than the cost of a policy, and gamble that they will remain healthy. And if they make that choice, it remains to be seen how successful the government will be in its collection efforts.

•         It’s getting increasingly harder to “keep your doctor.” In order to keep costs down, insurance companies have drastically narrowed their networks to include a slate of physicians they consider “more efficient.” And access to doctors has become even more challenging in states that have expanded Medicaid, since many physicians are opting out of the program due to declining reimbursements.

      As the DNC says - let's not take a step backward and repeal it. Forward Grubers!

          

Universal Healthcare - Make Your Neighbor Pay!

Universal Health Care. Sounds magnanimous doesn't it. Altruistic even? How could something with such a pure intent go wrong?

Because human nature doesn't work that way, that's why. Perhaps an example? Well, one that I made up, but at least it isn't as made up as the Obamacare numbers..
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There are 3 tenants living in a rent controlled apartment in NY (ex: John, Tom, Chris). John works hard and pays his bills ontime as best he can. Finances are tight and he is saving up for his son to go to college.


Tom has also worked hard but has fallen under ill health. He is no longer able to afford rent and take care of his bills.We know that Chris doesn't work and survives by his parents' support.Chris, who it seems has always had a penchant for trying to interfere in people's private lives, learns of Tom's misfortune. Just as anyone would, Chris feels bad for the guy. One day, Chris has had enough of seeing Tom suffer. He doesn't have any fiscal responsibility or earning capacity so he can't help Tom out. So what does he decide to do? He decides to hit John up for the money. John says "I'm sorry, I just don't have it. I'd love to help Tom and I will if I am able but I am running a business in an Obama economy, barely getting by, barely able to afford rent and trying to put a kid through college. I just can't afford to lose any more money by supporting Tom.


Now the proper thing for Chris to say would be "Hey, thanks for your willingness. Let me know if you are able to help him out in the future. God bless." But Chris has attended a few Obama indoctrination sessions and knows how Chicago politics work.

Chris knocks him down on the ground and at knifepoint and says "Sorry John. I'm not taking no for an answer. Tom needs your money and needs it now. Either fork it up or I slit your throat." (Yes...I know that the government isn't looking to slit anyone's throat but a 20 year sentence for tax evasion isn't pretty either)


This is what Obama and the rest of the democrats want to do. Through confiscatory tax hikes, they feel that they have the right to MAKE someone else pay for someone else’s healthcare. And phones. And gas. And food. And housing. And on and on.

Not because they other person necessarily needs it, but because YOU have it.

You see charity at the point of a gun isn't charity. It's just being jacked.