Midknight Review looks at 6 claims of ObamaCare. Smoke and mirrors is all we could conclude.

Ah !! The Joker picture is back. Remember this; the joker face was drawn by a liberal and is not quite as effective as the joker drawing of Bush by libs put on the cover of Vanity Fair. Turnabout is fair play, in this case. You can "google" Bush the joker" and you will see for yourself. Note: apparently Vanity Fair has purged the Internet of this cover. Click on the hyperlink --- jds.

On Feb 25, Obama had his health care Summit. He had no intentions of doing any follow-up negotiating. And he told a number of lies during the 7 hour meeting:

1. He spoke as if the Nebraska "cornhusker" deal was out - that all states would have the same benefit promised to Ben Nelson of Nebraska for his "yes" vote in the Senate. That is in Obama's 11 page "bill" brought to the Summit. That 11 page bill? Its not the bill Obama is trying to cram through Congress!! In sales, we call this "bait and switch." Here in California, "bait and switch" is illegal and punishable by fines and jail time.

2. Auto union preference is given on the "Cadillac" tax while Obama was telling us that he had changed that aspect of the bill. If you have a policy that includes dental and eye coverage, among other things, it will receive a 40% tax on your monthly premiums. If you pay $1000 a month for insurance, as this editor and wife do, you will have to pay $1400 a month for the same coverage.

3. Obama argued that the cost of his bill was $950 billion. The truth is very different on this point. His bill was never reviewed by the Congressional Budget Office (the CBO). In fact, the CBO is not finished with its mark up of the Senate bill (the Senate bill is 2400 pages and is not "Obama's bill).

4. Obama was insistent - at the Summit - that premiums would go down. If your policy has eye and dental, you will pay an extra $200 per $500 in monthly premiums. An $800 monthly premium will cost you $1,220 under Obama's plan. Of couse you will be able to leave that plan and purchase off a Government Exchange for a lower primium but that policy will not have the same benefits your present polity has.

5. "If you like the policy you have, you will be able to keep that policy." This is as big a lie as is told concerning ObamaCare. Look, most folks (80%) buy their insurance through their place of employment. The average cost for the employer is 14% of payroll. If he does not supply shared insurance costs, he is fined only 8%. Obama has set up the game to encourage employers to cancel their insurance plans for employees. The employees will go to the Government Exchanges to get coverage and the business man or corporation will improve the bottom line by 6%. It is estimated that all insurance will be purchased via the Federal Exchange within 6 years. There will be no independent insurance companies outside that exchange after that time.

6. Obama speaks of $500 billion worth of "cuts" from Medicare to pay for ObamaCare for a total savings of $ 0.00. Look, if you stop spending "here" and take that money to spend "there," there is no savings !! This is nothing more than smoke and mirrors. Thanks to Senator Paul Ryan for pointing this out during the Summit.
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