His point might be valid if it weren't fatally flawed. He completely ignores the faulty premises of Obamacare. We'll forgive him since he is young (26) and can't understand old things.
In the first place health insurance, not to be confused with actually getting medical services, isn't something the Constitution
authorizes Congress to cover (or force upon people). If we really wanted Congress to have that power, we'd get an amendment passed authorizing congress to legislate health care concerns (Article V, if you were wondering, Mr. Klein).It isn't as though people aren't getting emergency medical services. Part of the COBRA law passed in 1986 mandates that people be provided emergency medical services, regardless of their ability to pay.
Why do we need a replacement bill anyway? As it stands Obamacare would have caused 222 businesses, employing and insuring over 1.5 million people, to drop health insurance coverage
(click here to see the Department of HHS list). Insurance premiums have gone up, and some through the roof (see those stories: here, here, and here). Americans will be forced by their government to buy something (how does Constitutionally limited government based on individual freedom get away with that?). Taxes will increase all around (excise taxes, payroll taxes, individual mandates, to see the full list click here).Remember the "death panels" that Pelosi et. al swore weren't in there? Turns out they're real (read more here and here).
And there's the pesky fact that Americans didn't want the Obamacare passed in the first place. Most of us remember the opposition to the health care bill in the weeks leading up to the vote (for a refresher see here, here, and here). Most people are still opposed to it (read more here).
With Obamacare in place we get: higher taxes on everyone (500 billion worth), governance against the will of the people, millions of people losing their current private health insurance (as opposed to Obama's future insurance), skyrocketing insurance rates, end of life counseling (seriously?), violations of the Constitution, and trampling people's liberty and freedom.
Can someone tell me what the benefit of having Obamacare was again?
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I can think of a few things actually. First of all, to say that congress doesn't have power to do something just because it is not spelled out in the constitution has been a moot point for over 200 years. Second, if 1.5 million people are being dropped from health care, I don't see what the problem is if they are receiving replacement health care. This also brings up the point of what rights are really being trampled? The right to have one name at the top of my insurance forms versus another? And thirdly, the mere fact that it passed already shows that it was the will of the people through the system we have set up so show the views of the public, namely, legislation. If it ultimately gets repealed, then it will show a huge change in mind, thats all.
ReplyDeleteThe only downsides I see to the system seems to be a fundamental one (many being told they must have a certain name at the top of their insurance forms rather than choosing the name) and a rise in taxes. The latter one I see as a valid downside. But isn't it worth it? Aren't the lives and the health of several million American men and women (including my wife by the way) worth it? This is the question that hasn't been answered yet.
(by the way I hope I'm not coming off as a devil's advocate or something, I really am interested in your thoughts and opinions on this important point; thats why I'm reading/responding in the first place)