This is not my main piece, but a rough draft I thought I would post for the hell of it.
The Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is intended to
protect patients and lower healthcare costs.
It will likely do neither, for most people.
Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is intended to
protect patients and lower healthcare costs.
It will likely do neither, for most people.
For one thing, it requires all insurance companies to pay
the medical expenses of people who are already sick. Such people will ALWAYS cost far, far more
than they can ever pay in, which means that the insurance companies will have
to charge higher rates for everyone else or go bankrupt.
the medical expenses of people who are already sick. Such people will ALWAYS cost far, far more
than they can ever pay in, which means that the insurance companies will have
to charge higher rates for everyone else or go bankrupt.
The law also requires insurance companies to limit their
operating expenses to 20% of their gross incomes, and makes them pay special
taxes. The government has no way of
knowing if these companies will be able to survive on this amount. Insurance companies employ a lot of people,
and if they go bankrupt, it will increase our national unemployment rates. They also hire a lot of contractors whose work with such companies is decreasing because they are no longer
spending money.
operating expenses to 20% of their gross incomes, and makes them pay special
taxes. The government has no way of
knowing if these companies will be able to survive on this amount. Insurance companies employ a lot of people,
and if they go bankrupt, it will increase our national unemployment rates. They also hire a lot of contractors whose work with such companies is decreasing because they are no longer
spending money.
Some say the government will do a better job of managing insurance
than private companies, but the truth is that no government agency will ever go
bankrupt as long as taxes can be collected, and that in the very best case the
government might care as much as a private company competing for business, but
that the likelihood is that things will cost more, and people will care less. We will not only not save money, we will
destroy private, tax paying companies like Humana here locally, and replace
them with expensive bureaucracies.
than private companies, but the truth is that no government agency will ever go
bankrupt as long as taxes can be collected, and that in the very best case the
government might care as much as a private company competing for business, but
that the likelihood is that things will cost more, and people will care less. We will not only not save money, we will
destroy private, tax paying companies like Humana here locally, and replace
them with expensive bureaucracies.
Obamacare changes how Medicare is paid for, such that rather
than paying for the work that was done, like factoring in how long the patient
was in the hospital, how many doctors saw them, etc, under the new system it
will pay a fixed cost to the healthcare providers. This amount will either be too little, too
much, or just right. If it is too
little, hospitals will stop treating Medicare patients. If the government forces them to take
Medicare patients anyway, they will go out of business. If the government pays too much, then tax
dollars are wasted by the new system, which will inflate rather than decrease
costs, thus defeating the purpose. If
the dollars are just right, that will be good, but across hundreds of thousands
of interactions, this seems very unlikely.
Finally, Obamacare increases greatly both Medicaid, which is
the program for poor people, and subsidies for lower income people. That money MUST be paid by our taxes, which
means that either we will go much deeper into debt—and Medicaid is already
bankrupt in many States NOW—or the rest of us will have to pay much higher
taxes for the healthcare of people who don’t pay taxes, which is
redistribution.
the program for poor people, and subsidies for lower income people. That money MUST be paid by our taxes, which
means that either we will go much deeper into debt—and Medicaid is already
bankrupt in many States NOW—or the rest of us will have to pay much higher
taxes for the healthcare of people who don’t pay taxes, which is
redistribution.
83% of doctors have said they have thought about getting out
of medicine because of Obamacare. http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/09/report-83-percent-of-doctors-have-considered-quitting-over-obamacare/
of medicine because of Obamacare. http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/09/report-83-percent-of-doctors-have-considered-quitting-over-obamacare/
KFC told its franchisees that simple math shows how
Obamacare will cut their profits in half: http://washingtonexaminer.com/franchisors-warn-obamacare-will-halve-profits/article/2507920
Obamacare will cut their profits in half: http://washingtonexaminer.com/franchisors-warn-obamacare-will-halve-profits/article/2507920
This means that some will go bankrupt, some will close down,
and some will never open at all, all of which will cost jobs and the tax
revenue that jobs create.
and some will never open at all, all of which will cost jobs and the tax
revenue that jobs create.