BOHICA: Obamacare Proposals Nearing Submission.

The article is not nearly as harsh as every article about Obamacare should be, but at least the headline is catchy:

Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage

Here's a response to an article Yahoo! snagged from AP. Reading the article not necessarily required:

Fines if you don't get "affordable" health care payment insurance. Because we know better than you do, how you should spend your hard-earned money. Even if you are young, healthy as a horse, and rich, you MUST pay up. If you have children who are also healthy, you must pay MORE. Because WE say.

Insurance for healthcare payments just like car insurance. Because it's a privelege to drive and . . . it's . . . a privelege to . . . live? Currently, you can go to the hospital and get FREE health care, by federal law.

Now, you WILL HAVE TO pay up an extra $10,000 because your children might get sick. And none of your personal wealth, family wealth, or the charity of the people who love you will possibly cover the expenses. You MUST buy an insurance plan for them. Because WE say. Sure you'll still have to pay for office visits. Nevermind that's all you ever pay now. You MUST spend the money on an insurance plan, because WE say.

Barry wants a bill that would provide coverage for the nearly 50 million americans who lack insurance for health care expenses.

No, you don't need to think about how this bill would cost 26 million people their current plans (dumped on the probably-much-worse government plan), and ignore how it ONLY covers an additional 17 Million people, leaving 36 million without insurance still. Sure it's fuzzy math. Ask them for details of the plan if you want specifics. Oh, there are no specifics and your Elected Heroes in Congress intend to vote on it without reading the bill? Oh, that's alright then.

The idea is for the government (with the guns to enforce its own advantage) to compete with barely-profitable private enterprises soon to be crushed with disadvantageous regulations. Sure, there will continue to be a private option. Right. Sure. Keep saying that, maybe someone will believe you.

The bill is indeed a "historic reform of health care." It will turn us into UK, Canada, and Cuba, complete with DENIAL of CRITICAL services, FATALLY LONG wait times for necessary care, and rationing of what you can still get. That's just exactly what we need.

The cost is down to 1.3 Trillion dollars, down from 1.6 trillion out of taxpayers' pockets, whoopdee doo! Sure, let's mention as an aside that the same government [deleted]s that have COMPLETELY BANKRUPTED MEDICARE will probably run the costs for this fiasco through the roof, but let's bury it right near the end of the article, then change the subject.

Somebody tell me why, exactly, people in the health care insurance industry should be forced to labor without profit? Oh, that's right, profit is icky if your a [deleted] COMMUNIST!

This thing about pre-existing conditions needs to be put in perspective, because you are government-educated and you don't understand why an insurance company shouldn't just go ahead and cover you no-matter-what. Here's an analogy:

You call an automobile insurance agency and they agree to insure a car you just bought. Fine, good, here's your policy. Then you say, "Oh, and you will fix the front end damage, right?" They say "what damage?" and you say "the damage that happened before I signed this new policy!" They laugh at you. Why should a health insurance policy underwriter pay to fix your cancer you had BEFORE the policy was written? They shouldn't! Sucks to be you, pal!

Blah blah HIGHER TAXES AND LESS SERVICES is part of the pitch right from the start, and the bills aren't even proposed yet! Oh I'm sure the taxes won't be so high, and the services so far reduced as you think, surely it's all political grandstanding. Right. Then why do Canadians come here to pay their own money for health care? Because socialized medicine FAILS to provide good care. It doesn't matter how you sell it or who is president, this will NOT WORK!