Remember Nancy Pelosi's now infamous statement, "We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it"? Now that ObamaCare is law, Americans are expressing "buyer's remorse" at a quickly increasing rate.
Here are some of the "prizes" we are beginning to discover inside ObamaCare:
Prize #1: Senior care has been gutted.
Jim Martin, chairman of the 60 Plus Association, laments that ObamaCare will lead to HUGE cuts in services for seniors, especially those on Medicare. The changes, he says, are so extensive that they will inevitably lead to rationing of care.
"You've got a report coming out from the New England Journal of Medicine that nearly 45 percent of doctors may start refusing to take Medicare patients. With fewer doctors and fewer funds, that means more people in line, and that means if you have to have some kind of emergency operation or test done, you're not going to get it. That's why seniors are upset," Martin says.
Reports from other seniors' advocacy groups are similar - with the notable exception of AARP. That iconic organization betrayed their members' interests and supported ObamaCare because of the enormous financial windfall they expect to receive in their insurance business.
By filing our lawsuit against ObamaCare, Liberty Counsel is standing up for American seniors, who above all others deserve coverage from a Medicare system they paid into throughout their working years.
Prize #2: Bernie Madoff-style accounting.
One of the most painful revelations about ObamaCare is coming through its unstated costs - the realities of budgeting and implementing this monstrous bill over many years to come. The bill's advertised price tag of one trillion dollars was
sheer fantasy.
ObamaCare's financial structure is based on a Ponzi Scheme of collecting taxes for 10 years while only offering 6 years of service. In the post-passage light of day, realistic cost estimates now range from $2.4 trillion to unfathomably high numbers because the 2,700 page bill is filled with loopholes that are subject to interpretation.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has repeatedly said that ObamaCare could bankrupt our nation. Recently, Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill, who oversees the funding for the only state health care system comparable to ObamaCare, issued the same prognosis.
There are literally scores of new bureaucracies listed in the pages of the President's final bill. For instance, 16,500 unbudgeted new IRS Agents will have to be hired. One thing is for sure: The ancillary costs of this government takeover will far exceed those projected by ObamaCare's architects.
Prize #3: Americans will pay higher prices for...everything.
According to the Wall Street Journal, ObamaCare's cost to American corporations could reach $14 billion this year alone. Companies like Prudential, Verizon, AT&T, John Deere, 3M, Caterpillar, Valero Energy and others have already announced the anticipated additional costs - and they are staggering.
Of course, American citizens will ultimately pay the price for these rising costs, even for non-medical products and services.
Prize #4: States are left holding the bag.
Fourteen states' attorneys general so far have filed lawsuits against ObamaCare because it is unconstitutional and their budgets are squarely in the crosshairs. By 2014, for instance, states will be required to pay fully half of the administrative costs that result from the expansion of Medicaid under the plan.
These are just a few of the myriad "prizes" in ObamaCare that are coming to light. The actual cost of the 2,700-page bill no one was allowed time to read before it was forced through Congress is yet to be determined. One thing is certain: There will be many more painful "discoveries" about ObamaCare going forward.
++Henry Waxman, the congressional bully.
Those who find fault with ObamaCare must be very careful about how they express their opinion. Apparently, ANY negative report on ObamaCare is going to be squelched!
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) sent letters to the CEO's of companies reporting huge additional costs from ObamaCare, demanding all documents supporting their findings. Next, he wants to see them on Capitol Hill for congressional hearings!
This bullying is nothing less than censorship and suppression - the very Chicago-style politics that the Obama/Pelosi/Reid axis used to get their healthcare "reform" bill passed. It is not to be tolerated!
