On the "possible" bright side, perhaps insurance costs will come down for everyone, be more affordable, with wider participation.
Man, some people really like the State Kool-Aid. I had a friend ask me if I'm "anti-health care" because I oppose this, ha.
Let's take a step back and look at it. They're forcing us to buy something that most who don't already have it (insurance) simply can't afford it.
This is the biggest tax hike in history. I think health insurance is an individual responsibility. So what happens when the Government tells private companies that they can't refuse insurance to those who are sick or dying? Say I need a heart transplant that costs $250k, I already know this, I go in tomorrow, they can't refuse me and I cost them a ton of money...
...Insurance can't work without assessing risks. Private companies have to turn a profit. The Government can rob us to stay afloat. The State run exchanges will be the only option, the end game is total State control. At that point the State is pointing a gun at you forcing you to buy their insurance.
Doctors are already in short supply. When the State has a monopoly on health insurance they'll decide what to pay doctors. You combine a massive increase in demand for health care because it's subsidized with less and less doctors willing to take massive pay cuts and you quickly have an overcrowded system. It'll start with lower quality care, longer wait times and it'll quickly deteriorate into Government rationed health care. And then you're at the mercy of the State.
By the time the State has sucked all of the money out of private health care, they'll have to swoop in and take over the hospitals. They'll treat people with drugs from whichever Pharma company is the highest bidder.
It paves the way for the IRS to intrude in our lives more than ever. It sets the precedence for the destruction of our rights. They're forcing us to buy health insurance. What's next? Forced to eat Government food, live in Government "approved" housing, work in a "Government Jobs Program" if you can't afford your insurance?
The end game here is State control of the healthcare system. Why? It's 17% of our GDP, they can take it over and force us to pay for it at gunpoint.
And even if I'm wrong (I doubt it, Governments are predictable) the fact that they're forcing you to buy insurance, or pay a fine if you don't, that alone is an act of aggression, it tramples individual rights and sets a horrible precedent for how they'll use aggression against us in the future.
They're very good at selling lies. The War On Drugs, War On Terrorism, the FED is good for the economy, everyone deserves healthcare!
It's a play for power and money. The only winners are the State and those well connected to them. That's how Government works. They don't care about the people as long as they're producing tax dollars. They've got the masses brainwashed into thinking that the Government serves them, but if you look at EVERYTHING they do it's to expand power, turn a profit for a handful of people and condition the people to ever increasing exploitation and control.
They need to stay the hell out of free markets and our private lives. Every problem we have today can be traced directly back to the State. I'm getting really tired of the increased coercion and erosion of rights. Shit needs to change soon.
