Obamacare: A Case In Point

It’s game on for Operation Repeal & Replace if America is to save herself from a disastrous British style healthcare system.

In a stunning decision the U. S. Supreme Court dusted off its reputation of being utterly unpredictable in light of the logic used to validate the Affordable Care Act.

Who would have predicted the conclusions authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr? How did this conservative member of the court join forces with the entire slate of liberals?

Is he, as some are commenting, a principled jurist that was simply calling out the Congress? Was he forcing the President and his allies to come clean and admit the truth? If it walks like a tax, sounds like a tax and looks like a tax it is in fact a tax.

Or did he raise the level of judicial activism to new heights over the Warren court by enacting a tax without Congressional decree?

If this juggernaut isn’t stopped, healthcare as most of us know it will be lost.

Just this week I noticed a problem with one of my eyes. Upon researching the symptoms I had a pretty good idea that I a serious issue with my right retina.

It was about 7:45 in the morning and a call was immediately placed to my ophthalmologist. Within a couple minutes the receptionist agreed that I may have a serious problem and she promptly scheduled an appointment for me later that morning at 10:45.

After a thorough examination I indeed had a tear in my retina. By now it was approaching the lunch hour but arrangements were made on the spot to see the retina surgeon.

Within 40 minutes a second exam was being conducted by the retina surgeon, which validated the original findings of my ophthalmologist. After a short waiting period to validate my insurance coverage, outpatient surgery was under way to repair the tear in my retina. By 2:30 the mission was accomplished and the patched up patient was heading home.

Now it’s not exciting news to be forced to take it easy for 3-4 weeks during the peak of a Florida summer. But if that is the worst of my inconvenience it is a price easily paid.

But consider for a moment what my experience would have been say 5 or 10 years down the road with Obamacare?

First, with the shortage of doctors (and more likely to leave the profession if it is not repealed), how many days would it take to get that first appointment? Would I see a doctor or a physician’s assistant? After confirming my torn retina how long would it take to schedule the second appointment with the retina surgeon? Or would I see the surgeon’s assistant first? When would the government authorization come through allowing the procedure?

Do you believe your government will be operating with such great efficiency as to get me right in? Could it take weeks or maybe even months to address my problem? And who knows what additional damage might be incurred to my eye during the extended waiting period.

Now if you think this is an exaggeration check with someone enrolled in the British or Canadian healthcare system. Anyone in those systems can tell you a few facts about waiting times.

In my situation I would have two practical options; wait and take my chances obtaining an appointment or pay cash for the complete procedure.

The simple fact of Obamacare is that those who can afford it will simply pay for their care. Others who cannot won’t be so fortunate.

It may cost you extra to keep your personal doctor. Increasing doctor shortages will extend waiting times. The government will be calling the shots for your healthcare, not your doctor. Your primary doctor better know the rules on how to play the authorization game. You won’t be able to get those PSA tests, mammograms, pap smears, colonoscopy exams and other lifesaving checkups as frequent as you are currently accustomed to.

And if you are an aging Baby Boomer requiring a certain medical procedure; you might be told you are now too old to qualify. Or maybe you have a desire to live a little longer; but a panel of professionals has decide you have lived long enough and it’s time for you to check out.

There are certainly issues in our healthcare system that need immediate attention. Those issues will only be compounded if Obamacare is not stopped in its tracks.

Obamacare leads to an early painful death as much as the Black Plague did in Europe centuries ago. No doctors, no medicine and lingering painful waits for the sweet release of death. Its called the blessing of Marxism and anyone with half a brain has seen it happen all over the world. DOWN WITH OBAMAKARE!

This is exactly the way Obamacare will play out. We will wait in line at some mega clinic for a 10 minute appointment with a physician assistant and then wait weeks to be referred to a physician and if we need to see a specialist more waiting.

Worse still is that the physician and specialist who might be treating us will, under threat of huge fines and possible jail time, have to treat us according to government "guidelines". Treatment will be based on the cost and how much "worth" we have left in our lives. If you are in your 80s forget about hip or knee replacements or even aggressive treatment for cancer as according to our benevolent government you are not worthy of the cost of such treatments. The death panels will become very obvious in NICUs where decisions will be made at birth whether this child is "worth" the cost of intensive care. However not only will contraception be free but so will abortions, euthanasia and assisted suicide. Patients with terminal illnesses will be coerced into forgoing all treatment or even be euthanized so as not to be a "burden". Life will be cheap under Obamacare.

Look at the UK where thousand of their elderly have been denied treatment and allowed to die, patients languish in squalid 16 bed hospital wards without care and the death rate for breast and other cancers is at near third world levels. That is the promise of Obamacare.

And that is exactly what we need to tell the public. They're seeing ads from gov't on all the 'free' stuff but I haven't seen anything on how it's really going to be after 2014.

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