(Editor's note: Much of this commentary concerning the facts about ObamaCare was originally published September 23, 2013. We are updating it today because the Democrats are trying new tactics to make you forget about it, but it's just as true as it was then.)
While the president and the Democrats try to suck up media coverage on phony income inequality, the minimum wage Trojan Horse, the race card, voter fraud, their Koch brothers addiction and other distraction tactics, we will continue to remind people about the destruction of our health care system and our health care cost system.
Millions of people are experiencing ObamaCare sticker shock, as well as doctor and medical facilities limitations, so this commentary may now be more eye-opening to some people as the realize the medical liberties that have been taken away from us.
Our goal is to not let people be lulled into forgetting about how the Democrats forced ObamaCare down our throats as we approach the November 2014 elections.
Most people and businesses now clearly understand how ObamaCare redistributes the cost of health insurance and the cost of health care. It does it with a plethora of rules, taxes and penalties, which continue to change at the whim of the administration.
But little attention has been given to how these same rules, taxes and penalties also redistribute health, sickness and death. Maybe it is because it's a sensitive subject, or perhaps it would cause the PC police to go into full attack mode against anyone who would use such compelling narrative. That’s what happened when Sarah Palin was crucified by the mainstream media for correctly identifying "death panels" as an inevitable result of the rationing brought on by ObamaCare.
Well, bring it on, PC police! The truth shall set some people free!
When the "death panel" (aka the Independent Payment Advisory Board) decides whether you are allowed a procedure or not, it is deciding whether your chance of survival is worth the cost in their opinion. If they say no, then you die sooner rather than later.
When the cost of insuring the uninsurable is spread across the pool of everybody that buys insurance, rather than a dedicated subsidized pool, somebody's coverage is going to be denied or delayed because they are forced to buy less expensive insurance coverage if that is all they can afford. Just like minor car accident claims, people might ignore minor ailments to keep their rates from going up.
In my own personal case, the minor ailment which I thought was acidity from coffee turned out to be Stage IV cancer. Because I was able to get diagnosed and treated on my timetable instead of the government's, and at the expense of my insurance coverage and some out of pocket expenses, my 30 percent chance of survival turned into what is now eight years of being cancer free!
When someone is notified that their Medicare insurance will no longer cover certain medications, such as the cost of their insulin medication, that person is forced to choose between paying their bills or staying alive.
Many doctors have announced that they can no longer afford to take new Medicare patients because of cuts in Medicare payments to doctors. These patients can't just find another doctor who will take Medicare patients because chances are that they can't take anymore either. Some people will therefore not get medical assistance until their condition is an emergency from waiting too long, or until they are on their death bed.
Rural communities will be especially negatively impacted by a shortage of doctors who will see Medicare patients, because rural communities tend to have more Medicare-eligible patients. When most of a doctor's revenue is coming from Medicare payments made by Uncle Sam, that doctor’s revenue stream will not be sufficient to sustain a financially viable medical practice.
As a result, doctors will relocate to more lucrative areas, and people living in rural areas will have to travel farther to get medical care, or they will not be able to get treatment at all. Thus, people’s conditions will deteriorate faster, reducing their survival rates.
The U.S. Tax Code redistributes wealth and income, and one does not have to be rich to be subjected to our archaic, punitive and complex system. The more you make the more the bureaucrats take from you using the force of law. That's why we must change the law by replacing the Tax Code.
ObamaCare confiscates the entire cost structure and dynamics of our health care and health insurance system, as well as life and death decisions that should be made by individuals and their family members. ObamaCare also confiscates decisions that should be made by doctors, by denying payment for certain diagnostic procedures deemed unnecessary by, again, government bureaucrats.
Sticker shock causes people to wake up to the truth about the cost of ObamaCare, which is nothing like the promises made. They can buy less insurance coverage with the same dollars as most people will be forced to do, pay more for the same coverage, or be forced to buy more coverage with more dollars to meet minimum requirements of ObamaCare.
But when people are denied or wait too long for a medical treatment due to rules, taxes and penalties, the medical condition can't be quickly reversed or cured after waiting on a bureaucrat to say yes or no.
If the government says yes, a person’s chances of survival are already reduced because of valuable time lost. If they say no, well, you just might die sooner rather than later.
