They will NEVER get away with this, believe me.
Every single day, another negative consequence rolls out of this miserable bill, whether it’s the attempts to ration medicine, or the latest, screwing up the college student’s insurance system.
They are trying to pull this over on a population that gets pissed off waiting in line for a postage stamp.
Like an onion, this will be peeled apart layer by layer, if need be or in one big chunk in 2013. But gone it will be.
Someone asked me yesterday why this won’t survive but SS and Medicare did. The answer is simple:
Social Security and Medicare were set up (cynically, I might add) based on a future promise: Give up a little bit now, that you won’t notice missing, in exchange for something good later on. And it was set to benefit the MAJORITY of the American public.
This bill is the exact opposite of that.
Obamacare takes a LOT from people now, and they are already noticing it, btw, and they are mad. What they get in return later on is something worse than what they currently have, and the privilege of paying more for it. Moreover, this plan benefits a tiny slice of the electorate, at the expense of the majority. The poor will fare worst of all, btw. They are counting on a “promise” of better health care, when, in fact, they are going to be dumped into the broke, ineffective Medicaid system. Which doctors are fleeing. They are going to learn that it does no good to be in a system of insurance in which there are no providers.
Finally, don’t forget this:
With all the monkey business used the pass this bill, they made a critical drafting mistake. I posted about this a few weeks ago. There is NO severability clause in the final version. That clause is standard in all contract/legislative work that keeps the rest of the thing in place if a part of it is found to be invalid or unconstitutional.
If any court makes a final finding that any part of it isn’t kosher, the ENTIRE BILL IS DEAD. No further action is required.
The feds are looking for doctors like nobody’s business. Have been, off & on, all year.
"Congress shall not impose any mandate to purchase any product on any individual."
I hadn't heard that one yet. How does it affect a student's insurance?
Can they pass a law to fix the severability clause error? Can they draft regulations to cover their mistake?
I do not think we should count on some technical error to kill this.
Part D penalizes anyone who has opted out by mandating a one-half of one percent increase in premium (which is going up) per every month from date of eligibility to date of policy for anyone who did not sign up when they first took Medicare. Since 2008, the cheapest policy has already increased over 33%, even for those who reluctantly signed up upon first eligibility. And this is for someone who is not taking any prescription drugs.