re: #828 lawhawk

Scare tactics and what compulsory coverage really means. The Democrats keep complaining that people like myself are engaging in scare tactics when we attack the health care plan as an unmitigated disaster.

Yet, it is these same Democrats, President Obama prime among them, who demand passage immediately in order to stave off some imagined disaster down the road.

The only disaster here is the one immediately before us- the health care bill itself.

Why can’t the dems promise to fix Medicaid and Medicare first? - oh and sure up Social Security? They want to heap this disaster on us without fixing other broken/unsustainable/going-bankrupt government run programs. It’s as if the mob is running the show.

This bill mandates compulsory coverage. That means that if you are among the uninsured now, you must have coverage. If you’re poor, there will be waivers and discounts, but if you’re in the middle class and don’t meet the income thresholds, you will be out of luck. You will be penalized heavily and that is a tax in all but name. It is massive tax on millions of people, and it violates everything that Obama said on the campaign trail.

He lied. Of course he lied. He wanted to get elected. He now wants to impose government health care, despite the fact that there’s nothing wrong with the quality of care offered in the nation and that everyone has access to health care when they need it - the only gripe is the cost. This bill does nothing to address cost in a way that maintains quality or access.

Obama’s statements come with an expiration date. They all do. It’s time people see this for what it is - a massive tax and spend redistribution of wealth that doesn’t improve health care at all.