The one thing wrong with Obamacare

The healthcare bill congress passed over the weekend, HR 3962, a mere 1,990 pages of drivel is a bill that will decrease the quality of care most Americans currently enjoy.

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There are many things wrong with the bill, not the least of which is the fact that it will add $2.6 trillion to the nation’s deficit, that it will mean massive tax increases for more than just the 5% of Americans that President Obama is singling out for punitive taxation, that it will mean an increase in unemployment as small businesses will divest themselves of employees faster than Obama can apologize for America, that it is the gateway to the end of private healthcare in the US and that it will bankrupt Medicaid. But then, no one is claiming that it’s perfect. However, there are those on the Democratic side who vehemently defend the bill as a necessary step in providing health coverage for all Americans, even though many millions of Americans will not be covered. The argument is that there are 30 million or 45 million Americans(depending on who is estimating) currently not covered under any health insurance scheme. Of course, anyone who is seriously ill can get healthcare on demand, merely by walking into the emergency room of any hospital, which are prohibited by law from turning anyone away. But let’s say for argument’s sake that there are 30 to 45 million people uninsured in America; isn’t that what Medicaid is for? Or is the Obama administration attempting to foist Medicaid on all Americans? Whatever good any supporter of public healthcare has to say about the importance of socializing medicine in the United States can be countered by one simple fact. No matter what the argument in favor of public healthcare may be: that it covers people previously not covered, that it lowers the overall cost of healthcare, that it improves the quality of care, that it creates new jobs, etc. The one fact that cannot be ignored is that Congress has exempted itself from having to abide by the rules set forth in the bill. There’ an old saying, “What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.” Unless of course you live in the United States of Obamica, where the goose and the gander are a world apart. If Congress expects to impose socialized medicine on average Americans, yet doesn’t feel obligated to include itself in that coverage, then there is something drastically wrong with the bill. It doesn’t matter what Nancy Pelosi or Steny Hoyer have to say about the bill. It doesn’t matter that the President insists the bill will cure the sick and raise the dead. Really, so long as the Washington elites believe themselves to be above having to participate in this bill what it really means is that the coverage provided under the terms of the bill will be substandard. If it weren’t, then Congress would be happy to include itself. The healthcare bill clearly defines the attitudes of most Washington politicians towards their constituents; as they demand Americans accept a program that they themselves would never accept. It adds profound meaning to George Orwell’s contention that “some [people] are more equal than others”.