SOURCE: http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/
The president gives you the “facts about the stability and security you get from health insurance reform.” I give you the facts behind these “facts” Doggone it, I agree with the White House on one thing: facts sure are stubborn things. (especially with the whole text of the bill available for perusal)! Links HERE!
“Fact”1 Reform will stop “rationing” – not increase it
WHITEHOUSE VIDEO: http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/4
The president’s plan will stop insurance companies from charging more for pre-existing conditions and will dictate plan coverage this will raise overall prices because preexisting conditions are costly. This will also not stop the government from rationing its own provision of health care. The woman in this video lies that it will not create more bureacracy. The AAHCA bill will create numerous boards, administrations and new officials, all directly appointed by the president. The president has said “time and time again” you can keep your plan and doctor. If you already have what you like you can keep it, but the federal (Read: TAXPAYER) subsidy will give the plan an unfair advantage, in addition to being able to set ALL the rules and coverage requirements AND levying a tax on the private plans it will increase the cost of the private plans and competitive forces will exterminate the private options (how can you compete when your opponent can offer as “low” of prices as they want, and cannot go bankrupt, merely absorbing more and more tax money to stay afloat). So once again, the president’s words prove ultimately meaningless (much like his transparency pledge and waiting period pledge for bills). This video also does not show his repeated desires to set up a single payer plan.
“Fact” 2 The “euthanasia” distortion on help for families
WHITEHOUSE VIDEO: http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/7
First of all, what business does the government have demanding “end of life” counseling? Given that they want to require it more frequently for nursing home and critical patents, how can it not have anything to do with euthanasia? This is where the “drop in a bucket” savings will come from ObamaCare, by eliminating those most costly to the system, who have social security and medicare and other unfunded lien against the government. Yes, social security is a lien, the government took our money with the promise to return it in old age, and they have spent it and now they are clamoring for ways to get out from under that burden. Death counseling will eliminate 2 birds with one stone. The government hates being responsible to people, even if those people have been healthy productive citizens their whole lives. That is why the elderly have been some of the most vocal and adamant protesters at town hall meetings, THEY are the ones that will be most seriously impacted initially through these orwellian measures.
“for president obama, health care is a deeply moral issue…” Obama has shown he all but completely lacks a moral compass. From his wish that he had voted against trying to save Terri Schiavo to his stalwart opposition to ANY restrictions on abortions (including babies born alive, which even NARAL didn’t oppose) in the Illinois senate. Forgive me, but I do not trust our president’s ability to handle “deeply moral issues” let alone the fact that the constitution gives him no such power to control health care. His service to the American people is not to run our lives and make all our choices, but to “uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States,” which he has shown no desire to do whatsoever.
This bill will withhold services from the elderly, opting instead to give only pain medication in liu of “expensive” options. page 425.
* Sec. 1233, Pg. 425, Lines 4-12 – Government mandates Advance (Death) Care Planning consultation. Think Senior Citizens and end of life. END-OF-LIFE COUNSELING. SOME IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED RATIONING HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.
* Sec. 1233, Pg. 425, Lines 17-19 – Government WILL instruct and consult regarding living wills and durable powers of attorney. Mandatory end-of-life planning!
* Sec. 1233, Pg. 425-426, Lines 22-25, 1-3 – Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
* Sec. 1233, Pg. 427, Lines 15-24 – Government mandates program for orders for life-sustaining treatment (i.e. end of life). The government has a say in how your life ends.
* Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 1-9 – An “advanced care planning consult” will be used as patient’s health deteriorates.
* Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 10-12 – “Advanced Care Consultation” may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans – from the government.
* Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 13-25 – The government will specify which Doctors (professional authority under state law includes Nurse Practitioners or Physician’s Assistants) can write an end-of-life order.
* Sec. 1233, Pg. 430, Lines 11-15 – The government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life, according to preset methods (not individually decided).
(Source: http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=19319)
People can already get access to living will services, and other services regarding life decisions. Again, the government has no legal right to provide or mandate such services.
“Fact” 3 Vet’s health care is safe and sound
I am not that familiar with the current system of Veteran’s health care, so I am not going to comment excessively on this, other than to say that it will certainly be as “safe and sound” as the rest of the Americans that will eventually be herded onto the government program through unfair competition and special taxes on private options.
Also, one has to wonder how much the President really likes Veterans, since his DHS appointee Janet Napoliano has openly called returning veterans likely domestic extremists/terrorists.
UPDATE: Obama has re-instituted the VA “Death book” which referred its readers to counselors associated with the (successor to the) Hemlock Society (this book had been BANNED under the Bush administration once they found out its contents). This also brings into question the administrations adamant mockery and denial of “death panels.”
“Fact” 4 Reform will benefit small business – not burden it.
WHITEHOUSE VIDEO: http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/21
It will benefit small businesses to be taxed for not providing health care. It will also penalize larger firms. Why does a small business pay more to offer health care programs? Its because when you have a larger business, you are “buying in bulk” when you offer a health care plan, which means that you can negotiate lower rates just because you are so big. A smaller business, with fewer people, has less leverage, they are not buying as much, so they cannot get the same rates. So, in effect, ObamaCare will levy an extra tax on the larger firms to subsidize the smaller ones – keeping with the president’s long term theme of “spreading the wealth around.” Not to mention any business not offering “approved health care” will be levied an additional tax, and employees which do not opt for an “approved health care plan” will also be slammed with a hefty tax, all for not wanting to buy a product they do not want!
“Fact” 5 Your medicare is safe, and stronger with reform.
WHITEHOUSE VIDEO: http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/31
“cutting unnecessary subsidies” Reduced reimbursement will mean reduced acceptance of medicare, increased costs.
* Sec. 1162, Pg. 341, Lines 3-9 – The government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans (Part B), HMOs, etc. This will force people into a government plan. “The Secretary may determine not to identify a Medicare Advantage plan if the Secretary has identified deficiencies in the plan’s compliance with rules for such plans under this part.”
(Source: http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=19319)
“Fact” 6 You can keep your own insurance
WHITEHOUSE VIDEO: http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/3
Its Linda Douglass from the snitch video plays a starring role here. In fact, its the exact same video, with the exact same lies, claims of “sentences and phrases out of context.” The president has indeed been talking to the American people, and he has been saying radically different things to his audiences. While talking to the radicals, he promised “single payer” he has repeatedly said he favors “single payer” government health care. However, all the recent clips shown are from his efforts to get the American people to swallow the poison pill of a “public option,” which, through unfair competition and controls will ultimately become the only option, thereby government will nationalize healthcare and it will appear that the “free market” has caused it to happen. Thus, I give the president props for a very clever and ingenius method to get the people to swallow his scheme. (Double props to the senior citizens and many others who have seen through this deceptive veil and have come out strongly against it!)
If you want to pay a special tax on it to help fund the government’s plan, and, as people migrate to the tax-payer subsidized government plan, are willing to pay increasing premiums until the government mandates that to stop and the provider subsequently goes out of business. The long term affect is being compelled onto the government plan, since, if your insurance goes out of business and you refuse coverage, you will be taxed for doing so.
The bottom line is the president advocated a “voluntary” universal health care program and adamantly campaigned against Hillary’s involuntary program. Once again, the president, through his strong support for AAHCA shatters yet another in a long list of broken promises.
Just for the record, if Bush had lied this often, he would have been impeached without hesitation…