HealthCare Passed. Now What?

Well it appears that some sort of "healthcare reform" has passed although it is still unclear to most in this country what that actually means. It apparently means higher taxes on business which, by the way, create jobs. Businesses large and small are already burdened to the point of it becoming almost not worth the effort for some to continue. It looks as if some of us will have to pay some sort of tax or "fine" if we chose not to purchase health insurance. Who knows what a job killing, bureaucratic nightmare this will become before it is fully implemented. Oh and by the way, it will not really cover everybody and is apparently not really the "universal care" that many have demanded. Now with that being said, it is without dispute (by any compassionate person) that there has to be some sort of reform. It is tiresome to go around town and see fliers posted in restaurants and stores advertising a benefit bar b que for some child that has an awful disease or condition and can not be treated due to lack of insurance or funds. That is a travesty that should be rectified immediately. Although it must be said that in Texas there is a low cost state subsidized health plan for children that is relatively inexpensive and it makes one wonder why more parents don't take advantage of it. It might of course mean that some folks would have to cut down a little on their weed, cigarettes and beer to afford it though. I guess that is too much to ask of any "parent."
Now there are some that keep screaming about "death panels" and bureaucrats getting between you and your physician and they insist that this will be the future if we continue down this road. In reality this is already happening with the denial of coverage for pre existing conditions and even denial of treatment for those who are policy holders with no pre existing condition. What you have there is a private sector bureaucrat making life and death decisions. It could be argued that those who make such decisions have been indirectly responsible for many many deaths in this country for conditions that, if properly treated in a timely fashion, need not be fatal. Is that not murder? There may not be malice involved in those decisions (arguably) but there certainly is forethought.

Oh well, it is a no brainer that some reform is needed and indeed some mandate from the government to enforce fairness in the system but (and this is a big but) it is disturbing that so many of those leading the charge for healthcare reform seem so Un American. It is without question that the Pelosis, Reids, Obamas, Boxers, etc. etc. have much more in common with early National Socialist thought (on some issues) than with the vision of the founding fathers. Please don't take my word for it - Read the party platform of the NSDAP (Nazi Party). Now the "progressives" certainly are not nationalists. In fact, they are anti nationalist to the point of being a danger to the nation, but they certainly have the socialist part down. I'm not quite ready to say we are heading down a classical Fascist or Marxist path just yet, but there is some indication that this is a possibility.

When the man said he was going to "fundamentally change America" I am sure many who voted for him shrugged that off as campaign rhetoric, if they thought about it at all. That was a mistake.