Daily Gut: Why Obama Hates Obamacare
by Greg GutfeldSo Obama is holding a townhall meeting right now (cue hearty applause from a sea of clapping seals) to tout his monstrous health care overhaul – more evidence that we’re entering the hard sell phase of something so unnecessary it’s actually turning our President into a sweaty huckster. But thankfully for him, he doesn’t have to do it all himself–the networks are doing Obama’s pitching (and catching) for free.
Look, with this sort of thing, you gotta go with your gut: when someone is trying to sell you something way too hard, the thing he’s selling ain’t good.
And the only thing you have to remember about health care is this: if Obama had to choose between the current system and the system he’s envisioning for all of us, he’d run screaming to the former. You saw him in that ABC infomercial – when asked by a neurologist (which is a real doctor, I think) what he would do if his wife or child got seriously ill. Wouldn’t Obama want the best damn care possible, nationalized health care bureaucracy be damned? At that point, Obama started thinking like a human again, not a teleprompter, and could no longer defend his plan. Instead, he said, “it’s my family member, if it’s my wife, if it’s my children, if it’s my grandmother, I always want them to get the very best care.”
What, nothing about controlling costs?
In effect, what’s good for Michelle and Malia is not good for the rest of us.
No wonder Obama needs to sell us this thing.
Even he doesn’t even want it!
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__"to argue that somehow the current system is efficient and there's nowhere to trim, is either naive or dogmatic, but not based in reality. "
1. Straw dog argument: Nobody here is saying the present system is perfect. It really sucks, particularly since there is already too much government interference due to Medicaire and Medicaid. However, it still happens to be better than the socialized medicine practiced elsewhere, which is why so many Canadians and Europeans come here for specialized care. Private insurers at least have to worry about looking bad to the competition. How are you going to fare appealing through a mediator HIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT TURNS YOU DOWN?
2.Removing profit motive does not result in lower costs. Medicare and the VA have exploding budgets and still provide unsatisfactory care.
3. That ability of the government to have "much more clout in negotiating the cost of medicines and treatments." is precisely the most disastrous piece of this crap sandwich. The government monopoly will dictate the price to doctors and hospitals, who will have only the option of compying or getting out of the business.
more–
4.Yeah. The Federal agency will "reduce the bureaucracy." Can you really say that with a straight face?
5. Ah, the "Preventative Care" boondogle. Yup, all those winos, drug addicts, illegal aliens, and mentally ill patients off their medications who clog the emergency rooms are going to jump at the chance to get lectures on healthy diets and exercise tips.
Which broaches on the crowning turd in this punch-bowl: once the government gives you healthcare, it can start telling you, in the interests of "preventative care", how to live your life. They will have the authority to do so because your personal choices will have consequences to the cost of the program. You can kiss your personal liberty (and your ass) good-bye.
You really are in a mental circle-jerk here.
Medicare runs up medical costs by setting a ceiling on prices medical providers can charge Medicare for the services Medicare compels them to provide. Providers then must seek to recoup their losses by charging higher prices to private insurers, who must pass it on to their customers. Then idiots like you blame the private insurers for escalating costs.
You have my prayers for the success of your treatments.
Your amendment would still result in doctors and hospitals being forced to accept price ceilings on their services, with the added handicap of no more option to pass those costs on to private insurers. That's a benefit to the insurers, but not to the actual providers of the benefits. It will force more doctors to retire early, and more hospitals to close down.
You can't get around the law of supply and demand. Health care costs are escalating BECAUSE of government efforts of "cost-cutting", not in spite of it. ObamaCare is attempting to put out a fire by dumping on more gasoline.
What, the agenda of helping the disadvantaged? You disgusting Republican – you don't care about anyone but your self blah blah blah blah blah…
People don't see through it bc it's presented as the caring thing, as opposed to the evil selfish thing. People assume it is what it's presented to be and don't ask questions about how or how much.
LOL, 3rd term!
I know, I laugh now…
Dude, Obama doesn't have to do any work. He already knows what's best for us – he's probably known since waaaay before he got scooped up by Ayers and Friends to be the poster boy for change.
Catastrophic care premiums are cheap. What makes employer-provided healthcare so expensive is the co-pay provisions. When I COBRA'd my State employment healthcare 5 years ago, I was shocked to discover that coverage for my wife and I was almost $1000.00/month. I was able to get a catastrophic care plan for us for less than $100.00/month.
If my employer had been able to offer me that extra $800/month to put in a MSA, I'd have been able to self-insure for anything other than what the catastrophic care would cover. And I would have the added benefit of being able to pick and choose my own care.
What will ultimately drive down the costs of health care will be a return to giving individuals the power to make their OWN choices. ObamaCare will take us in the opposite direction.
Four great points Doc.
On number 1…. If auto insurance worked like medical insurance, we would all file claims for oil changes, wiper blades and trips to the car wash.
I absolutely agree. He's thinking, "it's never worked before, but that's 'cause I wasn't in charge before!" *cough*HUBRIS*cough*
I agree. I guess my point is that they would NEVER allow such an amendment in Congress. In order to keep the cost of the government program anywhere short of astronomical they need lots and lots of paying customers. I expect they will transfer costs from government programs to the private insurance programs in the same way Medicare and Medicaide do now. Once private insutance disappears for all but the rich or 'important', those actually paying money into the government insurance will see steadily rising dues so that the government can give the insurance to as many people as possible.
I expect to see a two tier health care system if this effort is not stopped. Tier one will be rich and 'important' people, such as our elected leaders. People covered by this tier will get any medical procedure that will or even might help. Tier two, the government health care program, the little people plan, will feature rationed care. More than half of the people on this plan will pay no dues, just like they do not pay income taxes. The cost of the program will be the burden of all those not covered by the Important People health care.
The ultimate monopoly is the Gub'mint
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