Political Humor - The Health Care Scare
Political Humor – The Health Care Scare
Author’s Note:
Some topics are difficult to make funny or file into the Political Humor category, but here is a good-faith effort.
The same cadre of national leaders that brought us the General Motors and Chrysler deals, the Guantanamo closure and escalating international pressures with North Korea are now positioning themselves for another major move; the takeover of America’s health care system. Of course Team Obama insists that they are only creating a new plan to cover those that are uninsured and that those with coverage may keep it if they wish.
The White House lie is that they fully understand that their plan will drive private carriers out of the market. That is their intention. Why would a business pay for health coverage on its workers if its workers could get it for free or significantly cheaper somewhere else? Placing a much cheaper or free plan in competition with a plan that costs real money is a comparison liberals are incapable of understanding. If a consumer thinks that it is difficult dealing with an insurance company over a claim, wait until they have to deal with the government. And getting a colonoscopy will be done with the same dedication to privacy and service as getting one’s license plates.
These same economic Einsteins also insist that there would be no rationing of health care services. Operating without the benefit of analytical skills, these are the same ones that cannot see the decline in the sheer number of medical practitioners as having any impact on service and availability. Fewer new physicians are entering practice than are retiring. This situation will only get worse over the next several years and there is no plan to attract additional physicians. Why would anyone want to practice medicine for the government? Rationing (shortage) is the inevitable result of demand exceeding supply. Without a private incentive program, the US is headed for a major shortage of medical practitioners. Repeating the Colonoscopy illustration, imagine getting one of these procedures from a low budget government run provider office where English might not be the primary language.
Then there is the issue of cost. Of course the plan really isn’t ‘free.’ The true costs will be astronomical and will be borne by taxpayers either though income tax increases or through inflation. An additional cost to taxpayers will be payment of insurance claims and legal malpractice insurance as well. The Lawyers lobby is positively drooling over their biggest payout yet. Speaking of taxpayer Colonoscopies…
None of this is a secret within the walls of the White House. This is a deliberate plan to ruin insurance companies and devalue all stock held in them. Like the Indiana pensioners that held preferred Chrysler debt, owners of insurance shares will get a government administered –yes-Colonoscopy. (Promise.. last reference to this)
On top of the incredible expenses already building, certain members of Congress are proposing amendments to cover uncommon medical conditions or study newly defined health and behavioral problems. Among the amendments are being proposed inclusion:
Pelosi Amendment – covering plastic surgery costs necessary to build self esteem and continue one’s political career.
Barney Frank Amendment – covering speech disorders and Near-term Effective Responsibility Disorder (NERDs). Curing speech disorders has been an ongoing effort. Studying the methods by which one may dodge and deny responsibility for creating problems is worthy of a few billion taxpayer dollars.
Arlen Specter Amendment – Covering neck and Whiplash Injury Movement Problems (WIMPs) caused by turning too quickly from one side to the other.
Harry Reid Amendment– Reid requested funding to study the emotional distress caused by suddenly dropping out of circulation and not being able to speak in public for fear of losing one’s job.
Biden Amendment – Vice President Biden came out of his less secure and formerly undisclosed location to request funding for study of Frequent Articulation, Reference and Terminology problems.
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