Now we know what's in the healthcare bill: ObamaCare disaster
Friday, September 10, 2010 at 2:49PM 
Remember Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's comment about the healthcare bill--how we had to pass it so we could see what's in it? As time goes by, we're seeing what's in it and the net effect is that it will cost the government and the consumer more. The bill has already cost or will cost approximately 700 people their jobs because the government rolled student loans into the deal.
Think Google is blind to politics? You won't find anything on the Sallie Mae fiasco quickly on Google. On Bing you will, though--directly to a story in the Panama City News-Herald where in Lynn Haven, "Officials worry what losing 700 Sallie Mae jobs will do to the community."
In the Sept. 2010 print issue of AARP Bulletin [pg. 12-13] there's a breakdown on what Obamacare will cost those who have been denied insurance and a chart comparing half a dozen states. In Florida, if you're 50 and can prove you've been denied, your premium will range around $738 a month.
The other thing no one is talking about--the government stands to reap revenue from Main Street because you will be penalized if your policy doesn't meet their standards, and you will be fined if you don't agree to the unconstitutional mandate to purchase insurance.
I wrote a column about the impact of this bill for Jacksonville Republican Examiner. I pointed out that Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla. 4) and his fellow Republicans pushed a measure to remove funding for the IRS employees analysts are calling the "health cops." Democrats voted it down 5 times.
Of course I predicted all this. I read the bill. A commenter recently took issue with my insistence that those we elect read the bills. Said commenter seemed to imply the aides should read the bills. I saw news reports last week that at least 4 aides had been busted for drugs. Maybe that's why we get such lousy legislation out of this Congress.
One idea I suggested would have cleared up a number of the uninsured. Permit people to purchase health insurance for whomever they choose to cover. This would definitely ease the burden now faced by same-sex partnerships in a number of states. There may be social disagreement over gay marriage, but there should be no disagreement that if an individual wants to insure someone he or she loves, it should be an option.
We still can't purchase insurance across state lines. That too is a barrier to the consumer. What if you couldn't purchase a TV across state lines? Same thing.
A number of columns have been published at The US Report on both healthcare and the original bill, HR 3200. You can use the search bar in the right column to find commentary on Obamacare. Bottom line: the healthcare bill will cost the consumer more and the government more as well. The Congressional Budget Office has finally admitted what I told my readers last year as Democrats rammed the bill through. And now they're running away from it just as fast as they ran towards it.
And about the original numbers--our president cited 45,000 without insurance numerous times. Now it's down to 32,000. TUSR told you that even before Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC 2) said, "You lie." Wilson was correct, all manners and undocumented aliens aside.
Republicans put forth more than 30 proposals and many more ideas for healthcare. Democrats refused them all. Perhaps worst of all, this Congress not only failed the president, they failed the nation. Healthcare reform is doable.
The best that can be said of ObamaCare is that it is a fiscal and healthcare disaster, just as I predicted after reading that bizarrely constructed, nebulous piece of legislation.
Kay B. Day, Editor
Sept. 11, 2010
Finally, the Associated Press catches up to The US Report on the Democrat healthcare bill. Too bad no one took the time to tell you the truth before the bill was passed. The US Report read and analyzed the bill in a series of columns. We disclosed much of what major branded media are finally getting around to telling you. It shouldn't be too much longer before media admit the influence of the government panels on how healthcare services are rendered.