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A Testimonial
I'm
a 54 year old consulting engineer and make between $60,000 and $125,000
per year, depending on how hard I work and whether or not there are
work projects out there for me.
My girlfriend is 61 and makes about $18,000 per year, working as a
part-time mail clerk.
For me, making $60,000 a year, under ObamaCare, the cheapest, lowest
grade policy I can buy, which also happens to impose a $5,000
deductible, costs $482 per month.
For my girlfriend, the same exact policy, same deductible, costs $1 per
month. That's right, $1 per month. I'm not making this up.
Don't believe me? Just go to http://www.coveredca.gov/
, the ObamaCare website for California and enter the parameters I've
mentioned above and see for yourself. By the way, my zip code is 93940.
You'll need to enter that.
So OK, clearly ObamaCare is a scheme that involves putting the cost
burden of healthcare onto the middle and upper-income wage earners. But
there's a lot more to it. Stick with me.
And before I make my next points, I'd like you to think about something:
I live in Monterey County, in Central California. We have a large land
mass but just 426,000 residents - about the population of Colorado
Springs or the city of Omaha.
Last year, 2,735 babies were born at Natividad. 32% of these were born
to out-of-wedlock teenage mothers, 93% of which were Hispanic. Less
than 20% could demonstrate proof of citizenship, and 71% listed their
native language as Spanish. Of these 876 births, only 40 were covered
under [any kind of] private health insurance. The taxpayers paid for
the other 836. And in case you were wondering about the entire
population - all 2,735 births - less than 24% involved insured coverage
or even partial payment on behalf of the patient to the hospital in
exchange for services. Keep this in mind as we move forward.
Now consider this:
If I want to upgrade my policy to a low-deductible premium policy, such
as what I had with my last employer, my cost is $886 per month. But my
girlfriend can upgrade her policy to the very same level, for just $4
per month. That's right, $4 per month. $48 per year for a
zero-deductible, premium healthcare policy - the kind of thing you get
when you work at IBM (except of course, IBM employees pay an average of
$170 per month out of pocket for their coverage).
I mean, it's bad enough that I will be forced to subsidize the
ObamaCare scheme in the first place. But even if I agreed with the
basic scheme, which of course I do not, I would never agree to
subsidize premium policies. If I have to pay $482 a month for a budget
policy, I sure as hell do not want the guy I'm subsidizing to get a
better policy, for less that 1% of what I have to fork out each month
for a low-end policy.
Why must I pay $482 per month for something the other guy gets for a
dollar? And why should the other guy get to buy an $886 policy for $4 a
month? Think about this: I have to pay $10,632 a year for the same
thing that the other guy can get for $48. $10,000 of net income is 60
days of full time work as an engineer. $48 is something I could could
pay for collecting aluminum cans and plastic bottles, one day a month.
Are you with me on this? Are you starting to get an idea what ObamaCare
is really about?
ObamaCare is not about dealing with inequities in the healthcare
system. That's just the cover story. The real story is that it is a
massive, political power grab. Do you think anyone who can insure
himself with a premium policy for $4 a month will vote for anyone but
the political party that provides him such a deal? ObamaCare is about
enabling, subsidizing, and expanding the Left's political power base,
at taxpayer expense. Why would I vote for anyone but a Democrat if I
can have babies for $4 a month? For that matter, why would I go to
college or strive for a better job or income if it means I have to pay
real money for healthcare coverage? Heck, why study engineering when I
can be a schlub for $20K per year and buy a new F-150 with all the
money I'm saving?
And think about those $4-a-month babies - think in terms of propagation
models. Think of just how many babies will be born to irresponsible,
under-educated mothers. Will we get a new crop of brain surgeons and
particle physicists from the dollar baby club, or will we need more
cops, criminal courts and prisons? One thing you can be certain of: At
$4 a month, they'll multiply, and multiply, and multiply. And not one
of them will vote Republican.
ObamaCare: It's all about political power. [SOURCE]
"While
I applaud this guy for laying the facts out..... I am appalled by the
fact that this will come as "news" to a lot of people (most of whom are
Democrat voters). "
Cuzzin Ricky, Schweppes man
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