Obamacare
Obama spoke last night. A speech full of hope and aspirations, and very light on actual ideas.
Obama did not really explain how this was to be paid for ... mere claims that "we will make savings" not only sounds hollow, but out-of-touch. Yes, the Public Option would take your money to provide you insurance and that would ostensibly pay for "95%" of the costs ... but the rest from "savings?" Has Mr. Obama any examples of where government intervention actually produces "savings?"
If the Postal Service was efficient enough to generate savings, would UPS and Fedex exist? If the military was efficient, would $30 hammers exist, or $150 toilet seats?" Or $100 million plus fighter aircraft (per piece)? I am sorry, but is there one government service or bureaucracy that is efficient at all? Even if we blame "pork" ... won't there be pork in the Health Service?
Clearly, the notion of "savings" is laughable. There won't be, instead the taxpayer will subsidize it and we all KNOW it. Even Liberals if they had a grain of honesty anywhere in their craniums. Obama's claim that small businesses won't be hurt is also complete crap: they will be forced to provide what they cannot afford, forcing them out of business.
The "illegal question" is ... as one Congressman put it, a lie. It is like Bill Clinton saying that a blowjob is not sex. While it may be true that coverage is not directed towards illegals and they might not be able to buy it from the Government, they will certainly be covered by the taxpayer every time that they go to the emergency room to have their sniffles looked at. And that is indirect coverage. Assuming that in the effort to produce "savings" the Government establishes Uncle Sam Hospitals ... do you think that these taxpayer funded institutions will turn away those without coverage?
Obama irritates me further when he ties the welfare of our economy to health care reform. Without it, he says, our economy is doomed to tank. No, Mr. Obama, with it in place as you foresee it, our economy will drown in deficits. It is already choking the life out of states that have already enacted healthcare legislation substantially similar to what you are proposing.
And as to tort reform -- elimination of the fear of frivolous lawsuits and ludicrous awards -- Obama promised to look into what has been done in some states to address it. But that is a FAR cry of determining to effect it. It is so weak, in fact, as to be meaningless. A sop.
But so is Obama.
Obama did not really explain how this was to be paid for ... mere claims that "we will make savings" not only sounds hollow, but out-of-touch. Yes, the Public Option would take your money to provide you insurance and that would ostensibly pay for "95%" of the costs ... but the rest from "savings?" Has Mr. Obama any examples of where government intervention actually produces "savings?"
If the Postal Service was efficient enough to generate savings, would UPS and Fedex exist? If the military was efficient, would $30 hammers exist, or $150 toilet seats?" Or $100 million plus fighter aircraft (per piece)? I am sorry, but is there one government service or bureaucracy that is efficient at all? Even if we blame "pork" ... won't there be pork in the Health Service?
Clearly, the notion of "savings" is laughable. There won't be, instead the taxpayer will subsidize it and we all KNOW it. Even Liberals if they had a grain of honesty anywhere in their craniums. Obama's claim that small businesses won't be hurt is also complete crap: they will be forced to provide what they cannot afford, forcing them out of business.
The "illegal question" is ... as one Congressman put it, a lie. It is like Bill Clinton saying that a blowjob is not sex. While it may be true that coverage is not directed towards illegals and they might not be able to buy it from the Government, they will certainly be covered by the taxpayer every time that they go to the emergency room to have their sniffles looked at. And that is indirect coverage. Assuming that in the effort to produce "savings" the Government establishes Uncle Sam Hospitals ... do you think that these taxpayer funded institutions will turn away those without coverage?
Obama irritates me further when he ties the welfare of our economy to health care reform. Without it, he says, our economy is doomed to tank. No, Mr. Obama, with it in place as you foresee it, our economy will drown in deficits. It is already choking the life out of states that have already enacted healthcare legislation substantially similar to what you are proposing.
And as to tort reform -- elimination of the fear of frivolous lawsuits and ludicrous awards -- Obama promised to look into what has been done in some states to address it. But that is a FAR cry of determining to effect it. It is so weak, in fact, as to be meaningless. A sop.
But so is Obama.
posted by Zaphod at Thursday, September 10, 2009
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