A Healthmare!

We are about to get a Christmas present from Washington, healthcare reform. I just don't know where to start with this travesty, so let me just throw a dart on the board and see where it takes us. The first question that comes to my mind is: Why? Why commit political suicide to pass this legislation that the majority of voters don't approve of? Are they naive enough to think we'll forget the tax increase come November? Have they been told Obama will personally campaign in their district to rally the usually lazy voters that came to his aid in the past election? Or are they arrogant enough to think this is for our own good and we will just sit back and accept it?

I understand there is an amendment that'll force people to provide proof of health insurance come tax time. If you can't it'll cost you a fine of $750.00. Since estimates put those who are uninsured and could afford to buy it at the 20 million range so your gonna tick off a whole new demographic of voters. I was also wondering where that $750 is going to go? I don't believe it's going to provide those uninsured with insurance, so what does the revenue provide? With this amendment you've basically provided insurance companies with a, have to buy, monopoly. No incentive to make rate attractive if your forced to buy it. Isn't that the reverse of what this was trying to accomplish? Are they trying to push healthcare into a position where the public option looks like a better alternative, baiting health insurance companies to greedily raise their rates?

It's hilarious to watch the radical left wing politicians site the same arguments against this bill as the conservatives. Before the public option was removed those arguments were a bunch of hooey. Now the left has jumped on the conservative bandwagon in opposition, using the same speak as their arguments.

Another of the questions I'm pondering is if the Congressional Budget Office, who scores the bill, has taken into the considerations the cost of the perks the senate and congress have offered the hold out votes to sway them? What's the price tag for exempting Nebraska from medicaid increases forever? How about the $300 million given to Louisiana to influence their hold out vote? Those are just the deals made public, I'm sure their are plenty more in the closet.

I'll wrap it up here,with this thought. Do the sponsors of this bill really think we are stupid enough to think that you can provide more coverage for less money? How many of these rocket scientists think they can withstand the senior vote after cutting their benefits and raising their taxes? After all they are the most active of the voting public, and everyone knows they love their medicare. They did pay payroll taxes to have that entitlement.

America is tired of the, "Do something even if it's wrong", attitude. Our representatives are about to betray us. There is still time to give them a piece of your mind!

God Bless
Capt. Bill