Caveat: March 29, 2012

Remember the bill that was supposed to make medical insurance, that is insurance, available? All those who mumble about your coverage is too expensive or someone or other is making money, here is your salvation: 


From AAPS, The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons:


You government will tell you:

• what type of insurance you must purchase OR pay a penalty,
• what the insurance must pay for,
• what insurance can cost,
• what medical specialists will be reimbursed and at what rates,
• what treatments are allowed, and for whom, at what age,
• what medical screening tests are approved or not approved,
• who may or may not own hospitals,
• what taxes are imposed on individuals, businesses, medical device makers, and pharmaceutical companies.

Some harms have already happened:

• Health insurance premiums up 9% in 2010, another 9% in 2011, and more increases ahead;
• Loss of patients’ privacy and control of their personal medical records, when the Secretary of Health and Human Services ruled in October 2011 that all private medical insurance companies must send all patient data to Washington’s central database—without the patient’s permission;
• Jobs lost and new ones not created because employers cannot afford higher premiums to pay for all of the “free” services the government now requires;
• Medicare facing cuts of $500 billion to pay for medical care for younger people in Medicaid;
• Loss of medical specialists in many fields due to fee cuts;
• Higher taxes on medical devices, which in turn are passed on to consumers;
• A massive increase in the projected deficit as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) now has doubled the estimate of cost it gave before the bill was passed.

The “Affordable Care Act” is not affordable at all: it is now estimated to cost $1.76 trillion over the next decade, adding markedly to the U.S. debt.