-The covering of all pre-existing conditions
-Free preventative services for Medicare patients
-Free preventative services to all women
-etc.......
http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-best-life/2013/07/15/10-good-things-about-obamacare
I want everyone to have affordable health care, in fact Americans already had health care. The health care may not have been equal, but nothing is equal. People don't get equal food, equal homes or equal cars. Don't get me wrong, I think the current system has problems. In fact if costs keep going up at their current rate, it could turn into a crisis. However, I believe the problems lie in the people not the system itself. A free market is the best system in the world, its human greed that makes it look bad. I must admit I've spent hours reading about Obamacare, and I don't fully understand it. What I have learned I will explain in the simplest ways possible. With the implementation of Obamacare we will be transitioning from a free market to Socialist health care. A free market is driven by supply and demand and creates competition. This system gives us choices and freedom to decide what we want for ourselves, while maintaining privacy. Socialism is about the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Everybody will pay into "the greater good" and the government will allocate the funds. In a way, it takes away the individual. This means the government will be deciding and micro-managing everything for you. This means we must give up privacy. If the government is going to decide treatment for you, they must know everything about you.
The Congressman from Texas, Louie Gohmert was recently quoted saying this-
"When the government controls everybody's health care, pays for everybody's health care, it is the government controlling everything. They have the power then to tell everybody how much they should put in, how much they take out," Gohmert explained.
"How much more socialist can you get than a government telling everybody what they can do, what they can't do, how they can live," he said, warning of consequences should the high court uphold the Affordable Care Act. "Individual liberty is gone as soon as this bill is held constitutional."
This will be the first time the public is forced to purchase something or be penalized. In case you try to ignore Obamacare, fines will be as follows. The first year penalty for one adult is $95.00. The second year fines jump to $325.00 per person or 2% of taxable income. In 2016 fines jump to $695.00 per person. I'm not sure how you can force people to buy something when they don't have the money to begin with. In my opinion Obamacare goes against everything that America is. America was founded on freedom, individual responsibility and limited government. Obamacare conflicts with all three of these principles. Last but not least, according to the U.S Constitution, no law can be past that doesn't also apply equally to Congress. President Obama has taken it upon himself to ignore this entirely, by granting special waivers, exemptions and delays to his friends and allies. This is all illegal, and nobody is stopping him.
I don't pretend to have all the answers, but there has to be a better answer than this. You can read for yourself with the links below. Only time will tell what the real consequences will be to this great nation. Remember there is no such thing a free health care.- BDB
Sources- (Google Images)
http://www.deflationeconomy.com/obamacare-unconstitutional.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/opinion/frum-obamacare-flaws/index.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/reports-of-computer-problems-and-logistical-glitches-proceed-launch-of-obamacare/2013/09/27/4ca18dcc-2792-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_story.html
http://www.inquisitr.com/970015/obamacare-fines-the-penalty-price-paid-for-ignoring-the-affordable-care-act/
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