July 16, 2010
This column is archived at
http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/
It is no hyperbole to say that the consequences of the recently passed
"Obamacare" bills by the Congress will be horrific. In fact, I'm not even
sure that the English language contains a word sufficiently suitable to
describe exactly how dreadful the consequences of this new national health
care monstrosity will actually be.
With all its faults, America's health care system is the finest in the
world. Why else would rich people in Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and
elsewhere come to the US when the medical chips are really down? Socialized
medicine doesn't work for them and it won't work for the United States.
The negative effects of Obamacare are already starting to take effect.
Across the country, tens of thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) of
physicians are making preparations to retire. I would be willing to predict
that the vast majority of physicians who are financially able to retire will
do so before 2014 (the year Obamacare officially takes full effect). And who
can blame them? Not me.
Think of it: under Obamacare, physicians will be told to increase their
patient load by at least one-third, or maybe even half. Imagine a physician
with a government-mandated patient load of maybe 5,000 or 6,000 people (or
even more than that). Imagine some federal bureaucrat demanding that the
physician spend not more than, say, 4 minutes with each patient. Imagine
that physician being told what he or she will not be allowed to prescribe or
what they will not be allowed to treat. Imagine the health care Nazis
micromanaging not only patient care and treatment, but also wages and
pricing. If you think insurance companies have too much control over medical
care now, just wait until government-mandated (and controlled) medical care
is implemented. In other words, you ain't seen nothin' yet! How could any
self-respecting, conscientious physician practice medicine in an environment
such as that? They couldn't--and they won't. And this will create a shortage
of physicians like you won't believe, which only serves to push the patient
load per doctor and quality of care per patient to unsustainable levels. In
other words, prepare for assembly-line, one-size-fits-all medical care!
And don't expect any relief from the courts over inferior medical treatment,
either. With the federal government in charge of medical care, the patient's
right to recover damages from malpractice will be substantially limited.
After all, when is the last time anyone you know was able to successfully
sue the federal government for anything? The feds are immune, Brother. And
that means any federally-mandated and controlled health care will be largely
immune from any claim of malpractice--or at least that damages will be
strictly limited.
Plus, placing your medical care in the lap of the federal government allows
the feds to "share" even more of your personal information with hundreds of
its alphabet police agencies. Will your medical information be shared with
the BATFE, for example? If so, could some of that information be used to
deny your right to lawfully purchase a firearm? You can count on it! Good
grief! Guess which agency has been chosen to implement and enforce Obama's
national health care program? The IRS! If that doesn't send goose bumps up
your spine, you don't have one!
I cannot say it forcefully enough: the newly created Obamacare bills are
among the most evil and most reprehensible laws ever passed in Congress, the
result of which will destroy quality health care (except for the rich and
powerful); create perhaps the largest federal bureaucracy (complete with
ubiquitous government enforcers) ever seen; increase the size and scope of
the IRS to harass, seize, and imprison; and drive up health care costs,
federal spending, federal deficits, and, yes, taxes.
To make matters worse, the Obamacare bills are already being used to force
US taxpayers to fund abortions. According to LifeNews.com, "The Obama
administration has officially approved the first instance of taxpayer funded
abortions under the new national government-run health care program. This is
the kind of abortion funding the pro-life movement warned about when
Congress considered the bill."
See the report at:
http://lifenews.com/nat6531.
So, what can we do?
First of all, we should be demanding that our State governors and
legislators REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE in any national health care system. I am
saying it: individual states should tell the federal government in no
uncertain terms that their states will not participate in Obamacare. Period.
Furthermore, the states should stubbornly withhold any and all state monies
that would be used to underwrite national health care. Suing the federal
government is not enough. STATES MUST REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE! Are you
listening, Bill McCollum?
Furthermore, I encourage readers to immediately contact your US congressman
(woman) and demand that he or she support a discharge petition introduced by
Congressman Steve King of Iowa, which paves the way for Congress to repeal
H.R. 3590, the first national health care bill (there were actually two
separate national health care bills, which became law seven days apart). At
last count, the petition already has some 133 signatures. 218 are needed.
Obviously, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doing everything she can to block
the discharge petition, but if 218 votes are gathered, she would not be able
to stop it. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the bill can still be overturned and
repealed.
I strongly urge everyone to learn the details of how many in Congress are
currently working to overturn this healthcare monstrosity by reading this
report in World Net Daily:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?
First, look to see if your House member has yet to sign the petition. If
not, do everything you can to put pressure on him or her to sign the
petition. Inform your relatives, friends, neighbors, fellow churchmen,
pastors, co-workers, etc., about the need to support Rep. King's discharge
petition and repeal Obamacare before it's too late.
The other thing our congressmen should do is support Rep. Ron Paul's (R-TX)
"Private Option Health Care Act" (H.R. 5444): "To amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to replace it
with provisions reforming the health care system by putting patients back in
charge of health care." This bill would repeal both H.R. 3590 and H.R. 4872
(the second national health care bill). But beyond that, Paul's bill would
actually provide commonsense, freedom-friendly alternatives to Obama's
socialized medicine.
Learn about Dr. Paul's bill here:
http://www.ronpaul.com/
Folks, this is not a partisan issue. The future of our children and
grandchildren's health care, our nation's overall economic well-being, and
even the freedom of our posterity is at stake. This cannot wait until the
November elections, either. We must insist that Congress act NOW to repeal
Obamacare. Even many Democrats now recognize that passing this abominable
legislation was a very serious mistake and are willing to reconsider their
support. Please contact your House member NOW! Here is a convenient web page
containing the contact information for all 435 US House members:
http://www.house.gov/house/
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