Posted on 12/16/2024 10:07:16 AM PST by grundle
Democrats went on and on and on and on and on about how great Obamacare was.
I knew from the start that they were lying.
And over the years, I managed to document Democrats’ lies about Obamacare, as well as many criticisms from Democrats about Obamacare, in this this blog post, which I titled, “Here are 341 reasons why Democrats and unions that support Obamacare want exemptions for themselves.”
See, the thing is – the best criticism of Obamacare doesn’t come from Republicans or libertarians.
Instead, the best criticism of Obamacare comes from the very Democrats who support it, but demanded exemptions for themselves.
I’ve said this many times before, and I’ll say it again now: I don’t trust anyone who isn’t willing to live under the same rules that they expect everyone else to live under.
Anyway, the recent assassination of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was followed by comments from people from across the political spectrum regarding the huge problems with our current system of health care.
I’m a libertarian, and I happen to agree with a lot of these criticisms.
In fact, I like to call myself a “bad” libertarian, because I always disagree with libertarian theory in the specific cases where libertarian theory is proven wrong by real world evidence.
I’m a “bad” libertarian because I’m actually in favor of some kind of universal health care.
To be very clear, I still think that private health insurance should be legal. And I definitely support the existence of privately owned health care providers, as well as private companies to invent new pharmaceutical drugs and new medical technologies to treat sick people. Real world experience shows that the private sector has been very successful when it comes to inventing new pharmaceutical drugs and new medical technologies.
But when it comes to paying for these things, I definitely think there needs to be some kind of government involvement for people who can’t afford private health insurance, as well as for people who can afford private health insurance but who have a personal preference to be covered by some kind of a government plan. And for those who do want to spend their own money on private health insurance, I think that that should also be an option.
But I’m totally, completely, 100% against the government forcing people to buy private health insurance.
And that’s exactly what Obamacare does.
So I would like for Democrats to please explain why they passed a law that forces people to buy health insurance that denies the claims of millions of sick people.
Why did Democrats pass a law that forces people to buy health insurance that denies the claims of millions of sick people?
It’s such a great question, I’m going to ask it again:
Why did Democrats pass a law that forces people to buy health insurance that denies the claims of millions of sick people?
And again:
Why did Democrats pass a law that forces people to buy health insurance that denies the claims of millions of sick people?
And again:
Why did Democrats pass a law that forces people to buy health insurance that denies the claims of millions of sick people?
Here are the first 10 examples from my previous blog post that I mentioned above. You can read the other 331 examples at the link:
https://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/obamacare-59/
Here are 341 reasons why Democrats and unions that support Obamacare want exemptions for themselves
1) After Obamcare was passed, unions that supported its passage requested and received special exemptions
Within months after Obamacare was passed, Obama gave some organizations an exemption from some of the requirements of Obamacare. As time went on, more than 1,300 organizations received these exemptions.
More than half of the people who are covered by insurance plans that received these exemptions are in union insurance plans. These unions supported the passage of Obamacare. But immediately after Obamacare was passed, these unions wanted exemptions from the very same law that they wanted to force everyone else to obey. This reveals an extreme level of hypocrisy among many of the supporters of Obamacare.
In addition, these exemptions are illegal for two reasons – because Obama granted the exemptions without approval from Congress, and because the Constitution requires the law to treat everyone the same.
The Washington Times wrote of this:
“Selective enforcement of the law is the first sign of tyranny. A government empowered to determine arbitrarily who may operate outside the rule of law invariably embraces favoritism as friends, allies and those with the best-funded lobbyists are rewarded. Favoritism inevitably leads to corruption, and corruption invites extortion. Ultimately, the rule of law ceases to exist in any recognizable form, and what is left is tyranny.”
“The now-familiar monthly trickling down of new waivers is, at best, a tacit admission that Obamacare is a failure. So far, seven entire states and 1,372 businesses, unions and other institutions have received waivers from the law. The list includes the administration’s friends and allies and, of course, those who have the best lobbyists.”
“More than 50 percent of the Obamacare waiver beneficiaries are union members, which is striking because union members account for less than 12 percent of the American work force. The same unions that provided more than $120 million to Democrats in the last two elections and, in many cases, openly campaigned in favor of the government takeover of your health care, now celebrate that Obamacare is not their problem.”
2) After Obamacare was passed, politicians who voted for it asked for a special exemption for their own districts
Even the politicians who voted for Obamacare want exemptions for their own districts.
In response to the medical device tax that is part of Obamacare, some medical device manufacturers have announced plans to layoff employees, including Welch Allyn (275 planned layoffs), Stryker (1,170 planned layoffs), and Medtronic (1,000 planned layoffs).
In December 2012, Al Franken, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry, and 15 other Democrats who supported the passage of Obamacare wrote a letter to Harry Reid, asking him to delay the tax on medical devices, claiming that the tax would hurt job creation in their districts.
3 ) Politicians who voted for Obamacare wanted an additional exemption for themselves and their staff after it was passed
This is another example of how the politicians who voted for Obamacare want exemptions for themselves.
In 2010, Obamacare was passed by the House and Senate, and signed by President Obama.
Three years later, members of Congress and their staff complained that Obamacare was going to cost them a lot of money, and said that this would likely cause a brain drain among their staff. In response to this, Obama made changes to Obamacare so that these things would not happen. However, Obama’s actions were illegal, because he made these changes without Congress voting on them first.
The New York Times wrote of this:
… the language of the health care law requires Congressional employees to obtain health insurance through an exchange created by the law, but other parts of the federal legal code restrict the ability of the federal government to pay the usual employer share for group insurance programs approved by the Office of Personnel Management.
A straightforward reading of the law thus means that Congressional staff members, starting in January 2014, will have to obtain insurance through the Affordable Care Act but pay for it on their own without the normal contribution from their employer — Congress. This would be a multi-thousand-dollar income hit for those affected… many… would potentially feel the pain, giving rise to concerns over a potential brain drain of Congressional staff members finding other employment.
… the federal personnel office initially ruled that Congressional staff members would not be eligible for the subsidies, and then changed this decision under pressure from the White House…
4) An entire state that supported Obamacare asked for an exemption
The people of Massachusetts were huge supporters of Obamacare when it was passed, and they voted for Obama in both elections. But even they eventually ended up asking for their own special exemption from Obamacare.
In August 2013, Obama gave an Obamacare waiver to Massachusetts.
This waiver was illegal for two reasons. First, the waiver was not approved by the U.S. Congress. Second, the U.S. Constitution requires that the federal government treat all states the same.
5) Obamacare supporters at Democratic Underground later complained about it
For some really hilarious displays of shock and outrage by supporters of Obamacare at how it’s harming people, check out these threads at Democratic Underground: one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven.
6) Union members quit their union because of Obamacare
The AFL-CIO was a big supporter of the passaage of Obamacare in 2010, and supported Obama in both elections.
In September 2013, it was reported that 40,000 longshoremen had quit the AFL-CIO, and that they had cited Obamacare as one of their reasons for doing so.
7) Obama broke his own deadline for creating healthcare exchanges
Even Obama himself seems to be an opponent of Obamacare.
Three years after Obama signed Obamacare, the New York Times reported that Obama would miss his own deadline for creating some of the insurance exchanges for small businesses.
8) Obama waited until after the 2012 election to release unpopular Obamacare rules
Obama himself is so much against Obamacare that he waited until after the 2012 election to release some of its rules.
In April 2013, the New York Times reported:
… even fervent supporters of the law admit that things are going worse than expected.
… the Obama administration didn’t want to release unpopular rules before the election.
Everything is turning out to be more complicated than originally envisioned.
A law that was very confusing has become mind-boggling… Americans are just going to be overwhelmed and befuddled. Many are just going to stay away, even if they are eligible for benefits.
9) Obama illegally bypassed Congress to delay Obamacare’s employer mandate
Here’s another example of how even Obama is against Obamacare.
As the Obamacare law was written, the employer mandate was to begin in January 2014. This is what the law said when it was passed by the House and Senate, and signed by President Obama in 2010.
However, in July 2013, Obama delayed the employer mandate part of Obamacare until January 2015. Obama did this without approval from Congress.
For Obama to change a law that was passed by Congress, without first getting approval from Congress, is a violation of the Presidential oath that Obama took to uphold and defend the Constitution.
What Obama did here is an action of a dictator, not an action of a President whose power is limited by a written constitution.
If Obama can get away with this, then it sets a horribly dangerous precedent, and means that the President can arbitrarily make any change to any law that has been passed by Congress, without first getting approval from Congress.
10) Obama illegally avoided enforcing the required income verification of people who receive subsidies for Obamacare exchanges
Here is yet another example of how Obama is against Obamacare.
Even though Obamacare requires the government to verify the income of people who receive subsidies for Obamacare exchanges, in August 2013 it was reported that Obama would not be verifying their incomes.
You can read the other 331 examples at this link:
https://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/obamacare-59/
Private healthcare insurance companies are just as good at denying claims.
“Claims adjusters” have been around for a long time.
More government involvement = insurance becomes even less affordable.
More claims denied the more money goes to the politicians.
Why did Democrats pass a law that forces people to buy health insurance that denies the claims of millions of sick people?
Well. Before Obamacare the healthcare insurance industry had profits of less than 5% per year. Several were down in the 3-4% range. That’s actually a pre-failure margin for a business. The laws that Congress had passed made their margins small. This is all fact and your welcome to look it up.
In essence, Obamacare was an INSURANCE COMPANY and IT TECHNOLOGY (EMR’s) bailout. It was NEVER about care, it was about Government power, spending, and bailing out donors. That’s what it was, so the question really doesn’t make sense because Obamacare succeeded in bailout the insurance industry and ushering in IT/EMR’s and their costs.
I just joined a co-op cost sharing plan. And it covers the membership for a private local doctor. Good if you have no preexisting conditions.
The crap obamacare plans here cost a fortune and no local clinics accept them. When I tried to get a regular checkup, it was 7 months out and a 3 hour drive one way. All I wanted I was what I had forever. A high deductible catastrophic plan. Now, they are illegal thanks to Obamacare. What a joke.
Because the goal all along was the collapse of the private health insurance industry, leaving only Obamacare and “single payer,” but they fell short of their objective.
Next question?
Never mind the “socialized medicine” propaganda. That was just a trick to get libs to support what was always a payoff to corrupt insurance companies.
It’s that time of year when the Obamacare commercials are flying thick on media. The incessant lies make me sick.
That’s easy. Because they hate old people and want them to die and get out of the way.
It’s a law you must have insurance. Just don’t ever think about filing a claim! Pay up and shut up!
Seriously.
Wasn’t Obamacare in the back of Nancy’s desk drawer for many years under a different name ,LOL
Once the government saw that the amount being taken out of people's paychecks for health insurance was greater than federal income tax withholding, the government decided it needed to get into the Healthcare business.
It's really just that simple.
The simple answer is virtue signaling.
Politicians don’t write laws. They’ve haven’t for a very long time.
Laws are written by industry lobbyists to benefit the industry that pays the lobbyist. Health insurance laws make insurance companies rich. That’s why they were written.
You didn’t think Health Insurance laws were written to provide health insurance, did you?
However, another big factor was the difference in how doctors there worked, lived, and their overall legal system. Doctors worked from small offices, more often than not answered their own phones, made house calls, and didn't have the enormous malpractice insurance expenses. Without tort reform and taking the lawyers and courts out of the system nothing on this side of the pond will ever change.
Easy - to pay for abortions and gender-affirming care.
There's not a thing the government gets its grubby, greedy paws on that it doesn't ruin.
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