The White Male Oppressor Speaks

This is an article from The Associated Press;  http://tinyurl.com/nf8avn, You can read the original or read it here with my commentary inserted to maybe lighten up a very depressing turn of events.  Enjoy…

WASHINGTON – Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage (Dear congress just what do you think is affordable? I mean for god sake you thought the stimulus was affordable.) could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 ( Wait for it, it only gets worse) under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President (or “Glorious Leader”) Barack Obama’s top domestic priority (or cost prohibitively expensive mistake).

The Congressional Budget Office (also known as the agency that no one pays attention to) estimated the fines will raise around $36 billion over 10 years (Payed by those that don’t want sub standard care. Remember you get what you pay for). Senate aides said the penalties would be modeled on the approach taken by Massachusetts, which now imposes a fine of about $1,000 a year on individuals who refuse to get coverage (See only the rich are affected. Oh ya the rich can afford it. Its the single mothers working two jobs to keep a roof over their heads that will have a problem paying the fine if they can’t afford the new “affordable” health care plan). Under the Federal legislation, families would pay higher penalties than individuals (Oh even better charge the lower income families where both parents work in order to pay the $500 to $700 or more daycare expenses and still try to eat).

In a revamped health care system (Communist Care, Comrade) envisioned by lawmakers, people would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must get auto coverage now (No, Not Oppressive At ALL!). The government would provide subsidies for the poor and many middle-class families (which I will bet will be less than the fine), but those who still refuse to sign up would face penalties (Didn’t Our Glorious Leader say that he wanted to be competitive with the private health care industry? WOW he lied I am speechless…).

Called “shared responsibility payments,”( Well I don’t know about you comrades but that sounds like communism. Marx would be proud.) the fines would be set at least half the cost of basic medical coverage (which means that the health care would cost every working person at least 2000 a year while welfare rats don’t ever have to pay because they are subsidised), according to the legislation.

In 2008, employer-provided coverage averaged $12,680 a year for a family plan, and $4,704 for individual coverage (which was paid by the company as a voluntary benefit for your hard work), according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual survey. Senate aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity  because they were not authorized to speak publicly (They were saying exactly what they were told to say), said the cost of the federal plan would be lower but declined to provide specifics. (Lower than what employer paid health care or one of the many basic health plans that cost as little as $35 dollars a month or Free health care under Medicare or Medicaid).

The legislation would exempt certain hardship cases from fines (Welfare Rats- meaning those that are too lazy to work. Not the people that are truly disabled and unable to make a living). The fines would be collected through the income tax system. (Once again only those that work pay)

The new proposals were released as Congress neared the end of a week long July 4 break, with lawmakers expected to quickly take up health care legislation when they return to Washington (yeah they need a break after a long session of forcefully bankrupting a once rich nation “Thanks Guys”). With deepening divisions along partisan and ideological lines, the complex legislation faces an uncertain future (I hope it Dies a horrible death).

Obama wants a bill this year that would provide coverage to the nearly 50 million Americans who lack it and reduce medical costs. (NEARLY 50 MILLION WOW. Wait it was only nearly 40 million 3 months ago.)

In a statement, Obama welcomed the legislation (”Hi Legislation are you ready to screw the American People?”), saying it “reflects many of the principles I’ve laid out, (From all according to their ability, To all according to their need — Carl Marx) such as reforms that will prohibit insurance companies from refusing coverage for people with pre-existing conditions (that won’t cause cost over-runs!) and the concept of insurance exchanges where individuals can find affordable coverage if they lose their jobs, move or get sick.” (Wait earlier you said that anyone who didn’t sign up would be fined? Now are you saying that its for people who lose their Employer supplied health care? Make up your mind!)

The Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions bill also calls for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to employees. (Yeah Corporations are evil. Hey nice NIKES. you want to go to McDonald’s? But corporations are evil right, you hypocrite.)

Sens. Edward M. Kennedy (old as dirt), D-Mass., and Christopher Dodd (Dumb as a post) D-Conn., said in a letter to colleagues that their revised plan would cost dramatically less than an earlier, incomplete proposal, and help show the way toward coverage for 97 percent of all Americans. (Everyone quit your jobs the America is now free!!)

In a conference call with reporters, Dodd said the revised bill had brought “historic reform of health care” (OR Complete destruction to competitive care) closer. He said the bill’s public option will bring coverage and benefit decisions driven “not by what generates the biggest profits, but by what works best for American families.”(Whether they like it or not.)

The two senators said the Congressional Budget Office put the cost of the proposal at $611.4 billion (Billion With a B) over 10 years, down from $1 trillion two weeks ago.(What, less money less care?)

However, the total cost of legislation will rise considerably once provisions are added (i.e. PORK) to subsidize health insurance for the poor through Medicaid (And probably pay for some Shovel ready project like a tunnel under the freeway for turtles. oh yeah that pork project was in the last bill. Sorry.). Those additions, needed to ensure coverage for nearly all U.S. residents, (As long as they bow at the alter of democratic socialism) are being handled by a separate panel, the Senate Finance Committee (Yeah these people do a bang up job). Bipartisan talks on the Finance panel aim to hold the overall price tag to $1 trillion. (Wait wasn’t it 611.4 Billion a paragraph ago?)

The Health Committee could complete its portion of the bill as soon as next week (God Help Us), and the presence of a government health insurance option virtually assures a (Socialist)party-line vote

In the Senate, the Finance Committee version of the bill is unlikely to include a government-run insurance option. (Wait, WHAT?) Bipartisan negotiations are centered on a proposal for a nonprofit insurance cooperative (The federal Government) as a competitor to private companies.

Three committees are collaborating in the House on legislation expected to come to a vote by the end of July (Three Committees! You know what a camel is don’t you? A horse designed by committee, we are screwed). That measure is certain to include a government-run insurance option. (Wait, who’s damn bill are they considering?)

At their heart, all the bills would require insurance companies to sell coverage to any applicant (Whether they could pay or not), without charging higher premiums for pre-existing medical conditions (Remember, HMO’s are the real reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs). The poor and some middle-class families would qualify for government subsidies to help (Operative word “Help” ) with the cost of coverage. The government’s costs would be covered by a combination of higher taxes (But Obama said that 95% of Americans would see a tax cut!?!?) and cuts in projected Medicare and Medicaid spending.