 Aside from all that, as well as the deception through a series of repeated
lies from the president and his administration, the law forced millions of
American citizens to purchase insurance products from private providers for
products the government had decided the individual needed, even when the
individual did not want the product. Then we learned that even the Democrats who voted for the law secured for
themselves the advantage to walk back from their actions; especially those
who were trying to get re-elected this year during the midterm. Why are
they trying to distance themselves from their law? Because the law is toxic,
and they didn't have to read it first to know that. The first flaw was the
fact they passed it without having read it. That alone indicated they didn't
provide due diligence in the interest of those they were elected to
represent. Blind trust and allegiance to one's party affiliation and the
"promises" made by those whose political ambitions will likely profit by
passing certain legislation is not leadership nor representation, it is
haphazard stumbling into a morass of ever-sinking quicksand. Our current
situation seems to be proving this as a fact.
Even beyond all of that, the president has a long list of scandals basically
unaccounted for. Benghazi, fast and furious, circumventing the laws such as
deportation of illegal immigrants by exempting certain classes of those he
wants to keep in America, even though under the law they would be deported.
He has also changed the Affordable Care Act by exempting many classes of
people from the law, all outside of congressional involvement, additionally,
while making promises to the American people they could keep their policy if
they liked it, knowing all the while it was an untrue promise; and this was
done prior to his re-election during his own campaign. Through that
deception, he led the American people who voted for him to vote under a false
pretense that led to a possible outcome built on a false promise he knew he
couldn't keep. In other circumstances, if a person promises people
certain levels of services or particular products that are not based on the
truth, and the person does not
deliver what has been promised, a crime is committed, and the person making
such claims and taking people's money based on that claim is usually
arrested, indicted, tried and if found guilty, sent to prison. In this
case, not only are millions of people being vacated from their insurance
policy, it is happening because the federal law has precluded those policies
because they have failed to meet the standards established by the Affordable
Care Act. Insurance companies are being forced to cancel those policies
because the government declared they are substandard and, in the words of
the president, "lousy policies." This, despite the fact that the
individuals who purchased those policies chose the coverage they wanted
based on their preference and budget, notwithstanding the government's
mandated requirements. Consequently they have "changed" and were thereby
exempted from being "grandfathered" as was promised.
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 Each day some new revelation emerges that reveals another
building block of information that exposes his promised plan of
initiating a "fundamental change" for America, leading toward
building massive governmental control and socialism. We learned that
as the waiver for the employer mandates was lifted, it is likely
that the larger majority of insured who receive their insurance
through their employer will likely have their policies canceled as
well. So the president has delayed that practice until after the
midterm elections. Even then, the employer will likely be unable to
continue with the premiums since they will rise to a cost level that
will be unsustainable by the employer. Therefore, the individual
employee will likely be forced into the exchange established by Obamacare. At that point, once again, people will not be able to
keep their policy, they will not be able to keep their doctor or
clinic, but will be subject to the prescriptive healthcare
established by the dictates of the various plans designed and
implemented by the government. More likely, the government will try
to move to a single-payer plan where the government will control all
insurance. Look out, insurance companies ... and jobs. It is well past time for Congress to take hold of this issue and
either delay or appeal the law and formulate a bipartisan select
committee to develop a system that is fair and affordable, that
allows the individual to have direct input into their personal plan
that outlines the provision of their personal healthcare managed in
concert with their physician and themselves. Provisions for portable
plans across state lines and pre-existing illnesses should be a part
of those plans as well. It is time for the adult in the room to stand and take charge of
this situation. Past events have proven neither the president, his
staff nor the Democrats in Congress have the qualifications to be
that adult in the room.
[By JIM KILLEBREW]
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