Apparently, the more we know about Obama's health care reform bill, the more people are just saying no. According to Rasmussen's weekly telephone poll, only 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, the lowest level of support in nearly two dozen tracking polls since June.
Senators know the majority of Americans are against this massive government takeover of 1/6 of the economy, but still they voted to debate this bill. Nevada's own Harry Reid led the charge, oblivious to the mutinous voters waiting for him back home.
Most Americans agree something must be done to "fix" what ails our health care system. But is the answer this bill? The more we know about this bill, the more we should just say no. Why?
The simplest answer is the best answer: This bill won't fix what's broken. A new report from the non-partisan and independent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid, debunks each of left's health care reform promises. According to the CMS, this health care reform bill:
* won't protect and secure the insurance plan you already have.
* won't provide quality, affordable options if you need insurance.
* won't reduce health care costs for families, businesses and government.
* won't strengthen the financial health of Medicare.
So if this bill doesn't do what Congress promised it would do, what does it do that's so bad for America?
The bill expands Medicaid, the lousy government-run plan that already exists. Welcome to your new "public option." This bill simply increases the number of people allowed to go on Medicaid. Why is that so bad? Ask people who have Medicaid how hard it is to find a pediatrician who will take this low-paying, bargain-basement insurance. Ask parents in Reno, Nevada, who wait for hours in noisy, crowded public health dental clinics, because few private dentists take Medicaid. Sure, Medicaid covers braces, but no orthodontist in Reno will take these patients, because the government does not pay enough for orthodontists to stay in business. And if your kid falls off his bike and breaks an arm or leg, good luck finding a neurosurgeon who'll take Medicaid. The only one I could find in Reno is very glad he's about to retire.
The bill will put one-fifth of America on welfare. This bill will make millions more Americans dependent on the government to finance their health care. In addition to massively expanding Medicaid, the Feds will also provide a new medical subsidy program, paid for by Joe Q. Taxpayer. The bill will provide humongous taxpayer-funded subsidies to the middle class, subverting this once independent group into low-class, government dependency.
The bill will cause you to lose your private insurance coverage. Obama's own Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently certified that the bill will cause millions of Americans to lose their existing employer-based coverage, agreeing with what many others have already concluded: this bill will ruin the health care insurance that 85% of Americans enjoy.
The federal government will take over and regulate the entire health insurance industry. The Senate health care bill will impose sweeping, complex new federal health insurance regulations that will create a one-size-fits-all federal health plan that will drive up (not down, as promised by the President) the cost of everyone's health insurance premiums
The bill taxes employers, so kiss that raise or even your job goodbye. Employers will be required to provide all employees health care insurance mandated by the government, regardless of the company's ability to absorb this cost. Low-income workers and economic growth will suffer the most. Can America's businesses really afford another employment tax at a time of 10.2% unemployment?
The bill fines YOU, or puts you in jail if you don't comply. The Senate bill requires all Americans to buy 'government qualified' health insurance. If you don't, you'll be hit with new tax penalties and possibly, jail time. Government scholars and patriots alike wonder loudly if such a requirement is even constitutional. And if so, what will the government make us buy next?
Americans want health care reform, but is this the change we were looking for? Do we want our government taking over our health and thus, our lives? Ask the Dean of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Jeffrey Flier, who wrote in the Wall Street Journal.
"...the majority of our representatives may congratulate themselves on reducing the number of uninsured, while quietly understanding this can only be the first step of a multi-year process to more drastically change the organization and funding of health care in America. I have met many people for whom this strategy is conscious and explicit. We should not be making public policy in such a crucial area by keeping the electorate ignorant of the actual road ahead."
Ominous words, indeed. Just say no.
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