American Hostage

One word says it all to me. ObamaCare. Purported to provide medical care to each American, and every person illegally in the United States, was born out of an altruistic idea and has gone down hill from there.

Before I start ranting and quoting numbers let me be clear: I support giving quality medical care to those who need it, when its needed. That includes children of Illegals. The kids, after all, have no choice but to be with their parents. I do not support free medical care to those who are in this nation illegally.

There are currently 300 million⁽¹⁾ . Of those 15.8% (47 million people, including Illegal Aliens⁽²⁾ ) do not have medical insurance, and of that 15.8%, 56.2% or 26.4 million have chosen not to seek coverage thru private plans or state/federal options (see graphic at top of post -- Those who refuse to buy it and those who feel they will never need it). That to me, leaves 20.6 million people, or 43.8% of the 47 million, to be covered by the Government (this includes 14 million, 29.8%, of the uninsured who are eligible for Medicaid but have not signed up for it. ) . Instead, ObamaCare aims to include all 300 million of us, like it or not.

Quick Facts -

• The World Health Organization ranked the United States No. 1 out of 191 countries for being responsive to patients’ needs, including providing timely treatments and a choice of doctors. Among those currently insured, 84% are satisfied with their healthcare. But if you’re happy, don’t get too comfortable: ObamaCare willforce people to change their insurance.⁽³⁾

• Congress enjoys very special perks the rest of us can only dream about. There is an attending physician on call exclusively for members of Congress, and Congress enjoys VIP access and admission to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Is Congress going to provide us with VIP treatment?⁽³⁾

Why did I point those two things out? If we opt and fallow the ObamaCare plan, one of those things will change. What will change is the US ranking. What wont is that members of Congress will still have private, non public option, health insurance.

Now, for the specifics. Areas of H.R. 32oo that are bad and/or dangerous. There are versions here, here and here that you can read as we go along. For simplicity I’m referring to the copy on file with OpenCongress as its allows easy linking to sections.

• Title I, Subtitle A, Section 102(a)(1) -
  Prohibition on enrollment in Private Insurance after the bill becomes law.
• Title I, Subtile G, Section 163 (a) -
  Government will have real-time, or near real-time, access to individual’s finances and a National ID Health Care Card will be issued.
• Title I, Subtile G, Section 163 (a) -
  Government will have direct access to your banks accounts for electronic funds transfer.
• Title III, Part 1, Section 312 -
  An Employer MUST automatically enroll employees into the public option plan.
• Title III, part 1, Section 312(b)(3) -
  Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.
• Title III, Part 1, Section 313 -
  Taxes on employers who do not offer the Public Option to employees are subject to a Payroll Tax of up to 8%.
• Title IV, Part 1, Section 401 -
  Assesses a fine, by the IRS, if you fail to enroll in a qualifying plan. That TAX will be 2.5 of either the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income or the amount of gross income specified in section 6012(a)(1). But in either case that tax “shall not exceed the applicable national average premium for such taxable year”. Of, several thousands of dollars.
• Title IV, Part 1, Section 401 -
  Personal tax for non-compliance under the proposed changes to IRS rules  “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax”
• Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill -- Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you’ll all be paid the same.
• Title I, Suntitle B, Section 1122 -
  Government sets value of Doctor’s time, professional judgment, etc.
• Title I, Subtitle C, Section 1156 -
  PROHIBITION on expansion- Government is mandating hospitals cannot expand. (This section sets out requirements to be met for a facility to expand.)
• Title II, Subtitle C, Section 1233 -
• Government mandates Advance [Death] Care Planning Consult. Government will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory. Government provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death.
• Title IV, Subtitle A, Section 1401 -
  Government may secure data directly from any department or agency of the US including your data.
• Title V, Section 1501 -
• Doctors in Residency – Government will tell you where your residency will be, thus where you’ll live. Government will regulate hospitals in EVERY aspect of residency programs, incl. teaching hospitals.
• Tile VII, Subtitle B,  Section 1711 -
  Government will require Preventative Services including vaccines. (Choice?)
• Title VII, Subtitle E, Section 1741 -
  Government will set, mandate drug prices, controlling which drugs brought to market.
• Title VII, Subtitle E, Section 1744 -
  PAYMENTS for graduate medical education. The government will now control Doctors’ education.
• Title VII, Section 1802 -
  Government will impose a fee on ALL private health ins. plans incl. self-insured to pay for Trust Fund!
• Title IX, Section 1904 -
  Government will design & implement Home Visitation Program for families with young kids & families expect kids.

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1. Thats 300,000,000 United States Citizens, not counting Illegal Aliens. [↩]
2. See US Census Data here. [↩]
3. Information obtained from here. [↩][↩]

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