Posted by
Bill Crawford on Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:25:20 PM
The White House talking heads are out in force this weekend on the talker shows, peddling anew the harmless and cost effective way this administration wants to pool the uninsured.
So, in case anybody selling all that is asking, here is why you have your hands full. I understand that I disagree with the plan and the direction, so I am now a "special interest". Worse yet, according to the updated talking points, I am "attacking America". I'd be happy to take that up with union thugs being bussed to town hall meetings nationwide.
But I digress. People out in the hinterlands have no less internet savvy than Obama and his Blackberry minions. They have seen the uncut, unedited and unabridged editions of Obama talking about A) how important single payer health insurance is to him and B) how we are all married to employer based plans and converting over to single payer will take time. And when you all come up with a "public option" that is taxpayer subsidized (deep pockets) and prattle on about mandating higher standards- like (for instance) forcing children to be covered to age 27, we all know that the net effect will be to make business harder for private plans. We can all do the math.
The jig is also up big time on Henry Conyers contributions in H.R. 676, which call for "federally subsidized migrant health centers". Given the INS recalcitrance in stepping in and actually doing something about the presence of illegal aliens here, what on earth do you think THAT is code for? I'm supposed to pay for that now, too?
This grand new plan has all the signs in it of a contemporary version of the genesis wave in the old "Wrath of Khan" Star Trek movie, which spread out and reorganized all existing life forms in favor it's new matrix. Obama Care is designed to undercut and or destroy ALL existing health plans- including the Great Society beasts of Medicare and Medicaid. And we will all pay extra for the privilege.
THAT is why people are showing up at town hall meetings and causing the ruckus. The genie is out of the bottle, and Obama has jumped the shark.
Get over it. And don't bother sending this to
flag@whitehouse.gov . I'm sending a copy myself. If Obama gives up this dinosaur and slides over to tort reform and moving away from employer based care, I'll sign up to help him succeed. I don't hate the guy, I hate his plans.
I just want to help.