AND
THE ANSWER IS
(Wall
Street Journal, Dylan Stableford)
(Bernice
Napach, The Daily Ticker, Rick Newman)
(Lauren
Lyster, Morgan Korn, Barbara Heins, Sean Goldrick)
(Al
Brecken, Robert Finney, Health and Human Services, Frazer Chronicle)
Way
to go Affordable Care Act October 1, 2013, you didn’t let those people who
oppose Obama-care down, they’ve said
for months that “government can’t
operate anything smoothly” and already, on the very first day…..glitches
appeared kind of like when you call a big box store to inquire about fixing
your computer, it’s a sit and wait while your call is re-routed to…..India and
some really bad music is played while you wait for somebody that can’t speak
English and really has no idea what you’re talking about.
Of
course those officials that were fielding questions about the foul-ups with the
computer programs talked about the possibilities of what happened, and how the “technology (not) doing what it was
supposed to do.” People simply did not want to hear that response, especially
when some people talk about the negative with regards to government run
programs.
Roughly
490,000 people under 65 are uninsured, one in every ten, in Milwaukee County
one in 7 of those under 65 are uninsured. Unless these people are opting out of
health coverage…..for whatever reason, Wisconsin must be a microcosm of most
states throughout the country.
If
one in every ten people is chancing not having to seek medical repairs during
their early years (under 65), the United States is in deep trouble. Figure that
one in every ten people you meet during the day is unguarded with regards to health care, that my friend is
scary in and of itself.
Why
is an acceptable number of Wisconsinites who don’t have health insurance set at
200,000, why not 171,000, or 301,000…..and how about -0-, isn’t that a nice round number. Does a broken leg
hurt less if you have health insurance; is delivering a baby less complicated
if you have health insurance?
Obama-Care
is the law of the land, and the Supreme Court reaffirmed Obama-Care, or the
Affordable Care Act, yet many Republican Congressional members are hell-bent to
defund it. Lost in the battle are those people that will be affected by it.
And
Congress is not exempt from the law…..the law is for everybody, white, black,
green yellow and red, and capitol hill officials aren’t above the law…..at
least in this instance. However the Federal Government can help pay for the
premiums of that coverage, just as it does now under the Federal Employees
Health Benefits for Congress staffers.
It
is a fact of our lives that a vast majority of us simply do not trust government, so it makes it easy when we get
conflicting messages from our government. So we have to be willing to take the
time to examine what information we do get before we make an assessment, and
finally formulating our opinions, and sadly we aren’t very good at assimilating
the information that we do get.
HERE’S
WHAT TO DO
Here’s
how to approach the question(s) of the Affordable Care Act, it’s not a secret,
or a special recipe for success…..and opposed to what some people are saying,
or thinking, neither Republicans nor Democrats want to see our government FAIL. I’ve heard that ludicrous
and frankly bizarre accusation from conservative talk show hosts as well as
sources from the printed media…..and television stations like Fox and Friends….. it’s simply not
true, quit being so gullible.
Health
insurance exchanges will need time to sort out the bad apples and practices
just like any other brand new program. If we do it for the restaurants or a
tool that we are considering purchasing, why can’t we do the same for an issue
as complicated as health care.
And
yes, you heard it here first…..the Affordable Care Act is complicated, there are millions of families that are going
to be effected by this brand new way of dealing with a health care program,
so we need to give it some time to smooth out the rough edges…..we owe it to OURSELVES!
The
Affordable Care Act has worked…..in Massachusetts as well as Connecticut,
initiated by none other than Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney…..and
copied several years later by another Republican governor, Jodi Rell of
Connecticut. How did it work, exceptionally well, attested to by both
Republican governors as well as a vast majority of the citizens in both states.
Yet
when Romney decided to run for the presidency, he decried the plan and a state
Republican Senator, Scott Frantz called the health care act that had been in
place in both Massachusetts and Connecticut anachronistic, out of touch and potentially devastating to
the economy and to business.
This
is classic mis-information…..and needs to be addressed for what it is…..bull----,
it’s the kind of dribble that happens all the time in Washington…..and we need
to have our facts straight to debunk
the accusations for what they really are.
After
the dust settles (there is a time set aside for just that) we can individually decide
what is best for each and every one of us. I for one can’t afford $500 a day
charges for a hospital room, $75 band aids and $25 aspirin. Oh yeah, don’t
forget that gauze and athletic tape at $10 an inch, or the food @$%*&^+
that I’ll be eating for (God only knows) how much.
HAVE A NICE DAY!
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