OBAMACARE SURVIVES SUPREME COURT CHALLENGE. REPUBLICANS FOAM AT THE MOUTH

Call me VERY surprised that the uneven Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Obamacare meaning that everyone in America now has to get health insurance. There is still one central problem that hasn't been addressed yet and that is "how do they expect people to pay for these programs without any help from the government, i.e. a single payer plan?" MA has such a plan and it works very well. Costs are being kept down to some of the lowest rate increases in the country. For example while my plan only went up four dollars a month this year, CA saw it rise by as much as thirty dollars. I hope the democrats can and should start selling that as a campaign promise, something that would make this health care overhaul a huge step in the right directions.

The GOP, on the other hand, has started calling this a fascist law that will lead to the death of grandma, puppies and the American dream.  The level of vitriol coming from them makes you seriously wonder the sanity of some pundits. Our health care system is badly broken and is one of the worst in the Western world. When Cuba and Estonia outshine you in the health care debate, you know you’re in serious trouble. We need a new health plan and if the Republicans get into power again, their solution is to make things far, far worse, is the Paul Ryan budget plan is any indication. It’s funny that morons like Sarah Palin keep screaming about death panels, when her own party is guaranteeing just such a thing as basic services are removed from elderly care. Contrary to what any Tea Party faithful believe, Obamacare is not the end of the world, but the Ryan Plan certainly is. Read something, anything, about how health insurance works before shooting off your mouth.

The Individual Mandate is necessary to help people like myself, who have pre-existing conditions, to get affordable health care, something not possible until this new law passed. The risk pool has to contain younger, healthier people to offset those who aren’t. Otherwise, the insurance companies will never pull even the smallest profit and then no one will have health insurance. It is not a fascist government telling you what to do. It is a government looking out for ALL of its citizens. Just because some of you out there are healthy and don’t need to see a doctor every other day, doesn’t mean that someday, you too may need the provisions that Obamacare now offers.

The House will try to repeal the law in the House on July 11^th, which has zero chance of ever getting any further as it will die a painful death in the Senate and an Obama veto. Republicans will play this out as a blatant power grab and cry bloody murder about it forever. If the democrats can sell it better this time, as most of the provisions in it are well liked, the democrats have a better chance come November. However, is they flub it, like they usually do, the GOP will have a big opening. Helpful hint, if I see John Kerry trying to explain the new law anywhere near a camera, I will officially never write anything good about democrats ever again. The last time Lurch tried this I fell asleep in my cornflakes before his Longwindyness was even close to done.

Medicare for all should be the new plan they sell and get us the single payer plan the majority of this country wants.  Those that are crying like babies with a wet diaper should really shut the hell up as their ignorance is giving me a headache. We need a new health care plan and I give Obama credit for sticking his neck out to get it passed. I wish he’s do the same with just about everything else like the War on Drugs, the wealth gap that corporations have no interest in fixing and regulations that only affect true small business owners and big corporations ignore with impunity. The country has moved in the right direction for the first time in decades. Let us hope we can keep the momentum going and stop the Regressive party from stealing our thunder.