Posted by
Unperson on Saturday, August 08, 2009 5:45:00 PM
As we all know, representatives, acting out of great compassion, have determined that an overhaul of the healthcare system is paramount for the purposes of giving the populace what it really needs: something regular folks are incapable of determing for themselves. Thanks to these becons of humanity, all people will have access to health care, something heretofore unavailable to many of our citizens. The number of people sick and dying in the streets have brought this problem to the attention of concerned legislators and has prompted them to roll up their sleeves and write 1000 plus pages of ambiguous law which, under the compassionate watch of Democrats in the house, senate and oval office will be honorably weilded to give the best possible treatment to the entire population of this country and perhaps even other countries as well. The question arises, what safegaurds for the future can be added to this legislation to prevent unscrupulous Republicans or other evil politicians from using this law to forward an unsavory agenda. As we all know, the evil forces of market capitalism without the restraint of government intervention runs roughshod over the needs of the disenfranchised and unempoyable. Democrats, who offer soup and bread to anyone who will for vote for them far outnumber the diminishing ranks of the unwanted and uncaring Republicans who, having members within its ranks finally seeing the sense of larger government intervention into the private lives of their constiuents, are poised to eradicate their party and become willing members of the compassionate left, thus eliminating the need for a two party system and making it possible for the greatest President ever, the exhalted Barack Obama, to maintain his seat at the mantel of the Federal government beyond his proscribed 8 years. Yet still, there is the remote possibility that one of those evil Republicans might once again find himself at the helm of the biggest government on earth. Even with the help of our comrades in the media scrutinizing every move and criticizing every decision, it is possible that a Republican might use some of the language of the bill to inflict damage on the collective and bring about an unpopular appearance to the legislation as it stands.
For instance: Sec. 113, Pg. 21-22 of the Health Care (HC) Bill MANDATES a government audit of the books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self-insure in order to "ensure that the law does not provide incentives for small and mid-size employers to self-insure"! As you can see, an unscrupulous politician could attempt to provide incentives for small and mid-size business owners to look beyond the government plan thus making it possible for any remaining evil insurance companies to stay in business thus diminishing the ability of the compassionate government to oversee the health of the business owner's employees.
Sec. 123, Pg. 30 - THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE deciding what treatments and benefits you get. Suppose one of these future Lex Luthors decides to put free market capitalists at the helm of this commitee and they decide to give that choice to individual patients. There would be anarchy! Insurance companies might actually make a comeback and as we all know anything short of government oversight ensures criminal negligence and abuse.
Sec. 163, Pg. 58-59 beginning at line 5 - Government will have real-time access to individual’s finances & a National ID health care card will be issued! As we all know, government has proven itself to be the very pinnacle of efficiency, particularly in the realm of information exchange and the handling of finances. It makes sense, therefore that government have access to individual accounts because the average citizen is incapable of determining when a medical procedure is more important than a chocolate eclair. Republicans would have you believe otherwise and may attempt to shut down this aspect of the bill, or use it to determine who is and is not a legal citizen, thus risking the loss of a valuable voting block which would diminish the compassionate aspect of government.
Sec. 201, Pg. 72, Lines 8-14 - Government is creating an HC Exchange to bring private plans under government control. Can you imagine the horrors of Republican control over this aspect of the plan? Private plans would surely grow and florish diminishing the innate attractiveness of a government plan. Individuals and private enterprises might even begin to rethink their decision to abandon insurance in favor of the government plan which would only exsist out of the goodwill and fond wishes of the American public office holder, unlike the awful insurance comapanies which plunder the bank accounts of their clients while denying every possible service.
Sec. 205, Pg. 95, Lines 8-18 - The government will use groups (i.e., ACORN & AmeriCorps) to "inform and educate" (sign up) individuals for the government plan. It should be plane to everyone, by now, that groups like Acorn and AmeriCorps having nothing but the best interests of the country at heart. Why Acorn's commitment to harrassing mortgage companies into providing mortgages to people who couldn't pay for them alone should prove beyond a shadow of a doubt their honorable intentions. Many newly homeless New Yorkers thank them for giving them the opportunity to garner one way tickets to the vacation spot of their choice. Once Republicans get the bill, they're likely to have the Guardian Angels or the ever incompetent Sisters of the Poor at the helm of this incredibly important function.
(Bill highlights provided by the Liberty Council. The entire document can be viewed here)
-Hat tip to Loyal Democrat