A long long time ago in a place called the Senate, a young Jedi
knight, Ted Cruz stood up for 21 hours warning the citizens of the emperor’s
devious plan known as Obamacare. After
Cruz's 21-hour speech, the emperor’s minions, and even some of those supposedly
in Ted Cruz’s side lambasted him claiming his claims were false and that
Obamacare would be great for the citizens.
However, as the emperor’s devious plan was unveiled, the citizens began
to realize that the young Jedi was indeed right and there was unrest in the
realm.
This would be a very entertaining story if it were just a
story but unfortunately, it is the truth even though it may seem like it happened a long long time
ago, it has occurred in less than two months.
If only we had heeded the warning of our young Jedi Ted Cruz and
defunded or delayed the devious plan of emperor Obama, maybe five million people
would not have lost their health insurance.
(1) Now, the emperor, fearing an electoral rebellion
in the realm in 2014, is attempting to fix the problem by offering to let
people keep their illegal plans. This may
seem like he is admitting Ted Cruz was right but the emperor’s gift is actually
a Trojan Horse.
Even before Obama’s comments, Republican Congressman Upton,
the same congressman that banned the incandescent light bulb (2)
was proposing legislation allowing people to keep their health insurance plans
if they liked them. On the other side of
Capital Hill, Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and many of other Democrats in
the Senate are proposing their own legislation.
Their purpose is to prevent Republicans from gaining a majority in the
Senate in the 2014 election, which would result in Harry Reid losing his
position as majority leader. However,
unlike the Upton legislation, the Landrieu legislation does have teeth. (3)
The teeth involve a little known provision in Obamacare that
contains a partial bailout for insurers with losses greater than 3 percent in
any of the first three years. (4) With Obama now allowing people to keep their
plans and with the fact that insurers know they will receive a bailout when
they lose money reinstating these plans, the fix is in place. This is why I refer to these apparent gifts
to conservatives as a Trojan Horse eventually costing taxpayers potentially
billions of dollars.
This Trojan Horse could also result in the implementation of
single payer in three years as well. This
is because the bailouts end after three years and if insurers are still
required to sell these cheaper plans while still having to cover people with
preexisting conditions, they will still be losing money. However, without the protection of government
bailouts, these companies will no doubt go broke.
Under this scenario, people will once again be losing their
insurance plans since their insurer will go out of business. However, this time, they will have nowhere to
go since all but a few insurers will remain in the market. With less competition in the market, premiums
will rise along with deductibles and copays.
Of course this scenario is perfect for those wanting single payer, with
the government being the single payer.
Opportunistic Alinskyites that cannot let a crisis go to
waste will step in to save the day by providing free health coverage through
the government. Of course anyone with
any commonsense left understands that nothing from government is free. Government run single payer health care will
come at the expense of decreased liberty, higher taxes, and rationed care.
I am therefore urging the Republicans in the House and
Senate to reject both the Upton and Landrieu bills by revealing to the public
the Trojan Horse imbedded in these pieces of legislation. They also need to inform the public about the
unconstitutionality of the President’s actions.
Granted, the President's actions may temporarily fix the problem of
those losing their insurance but they will have a detrimental long-term effect on
insurance markets. This will eventually
lead to the collapse of the private insurance market and the implementation of
government run single payer health insurance.
I urge everyone reading this to go back and look at what Ted
Cruz was trying to say in his 21-hour speech.
Obamacare is a disaster and the only solution to the problem is a
complete repeal of the legislation.
However, I am not foolish and understand that the current Harry Reid run
Senate will not even consider repeal legislation and even if they did, Obama
would never sign the legislation.
This is why Ted Cruz was proposing defunding and delay of
the legislation. Even though his words
fell on deaf ears and were ignored by RINO Republicans in the Senate, things
have now changed as the American People have experienced first-hand the disastrous
train wreck of Obamacare. Since Ted Cruz’s
speech, the American People have experienced the incompetency of their
government to develop a simple ecommerce website even after spending $634
million. (5)
Proponents of Obamacare were quick to claim that the $634
million figure was high citing that the contract with CGI only totaled $93
million. (6) However, the $634 million figure also
includes the cost of a massive data hub, call centers, network security,
training and support, financial management systems and all other information
technology services that support the website.
(5)
Since Ted Cruz offered his warning on Obamacare, we have
seen an estimated five million people lose their health insurance coverage (1) and being turned
over to an overpriced website that does not work and when it does offers them
plans costing more than what they had. (7) The chance to defund, delay, or even repeal
this disaster has never been better.
I urge conservatives in the Tea Party and political avengers
reading this posting to once again flood the emails and phone lines of Congress
calling for defund or delay of this legislation before the end of the
year. We must do this before December 31
for after then, people will begin filing their 2013 income taxes and either be
fined for not having health insurance or receive a subsidy if their income is
below the threshold. If delay or
defunding occurs after December 31, people will either have to file an amended tax
return to get back any fines assessed on their tax return or receive a letter
from the IRS telling them their subsidy was declined.
Ted Cruz has been proven right even beyond what many of us
could have expected. Let us not let his efforts
go to waste for there is still time to end this disastrous train wreck before
it is too late.
1. Roy, Avik. The Obamacare Exchange Scorecard:
Around 100,000 Enrollees And Five Million Cancellations. www.forbes.com. [Online]
Forbes, November 12, 2013. [Cited: November 16, 2013.] http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/11/12/the-obamacare-exchange-scorecard-around-100000-enrollees-and-five-million-cancellations/.
2. Erickson, Erick.
Just Say No to Fred Upton. www.redstate.com. [Online] Red State,
November 9, 2010. [Cited: November 16, 2013.]
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/11/09/just-say-no-to-fred-upton/.
3. —. Yes, It’s a Trap.
www.redstate.com. [Online] Red State, November 16, 2013. [Cited:
November 16, 2013.] http://www.redstate.com/2013/11/14/yes-its-a-trap/.
4. Freddoso, David.
Now we find out what’s in it: Obamacare’s taxpayer bailout for health insurers
- See more at:
http://www.conservativeintel.com/2013/10/25/now-we-find-out-whats-in-it-obamacares-taxpayer-bailout-for-health-insurers/#sthash.mSugnzLU.dpuf.
www.conservativeintel.com. [Online] Conservative Intelligence Briefing,
October 25, 2013. [Cited: November 16, 2013.]
http://www.conservativeintel.com/2013/10/25/now-we-find-out-whats-in-it-obamacares-taxpayer-bailout-for-health-insurers/.
5. Flahos, Kelly.
Just how much did HealthCare.gov cost? www.foxnews.com. [Online] Fox
News, October 11, 2013. [Cited: November 16, 2013.]
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/10/11/just-how-much-does-healthcaregov-cost/.
6. Kessler, Glenn.
How much did HealthCare.gov cost? www.washingtonpost.com. [Online] The
Washington Post, October 24, 2013. [Cited: November 16, 2013.]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2013/10/24/how-much-did-healthcare-gov-cost/.
7. Coca, Onan.
Obamacare Fans Get Sticker Shock. eaglerising.com. [Online] Eagle
Rising, October 9, 2013. [Cited: October 29, 2013.]
http://eaglerising.com/2162/obamacare-fans-get-sticker-shock/.
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