Friday, June 29, 2012

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

The Supreme Court of The United States yesterday, upheld the constitutionality of the Obama Administration's Affordable Health Care Act.  I am fortunate enough to be in the position where NOT having or choosing to not have insurance, will ever affect me.

The Federal Government has instituted yet another tax on Americans.  How Obama and the Democratic party think this is somehow fair or warranted is simply beyond me.

Of more interest to me, is Congressman Rob Wittman's (my representative) statement on the issue.  In it he says "I have and will continue to support a repeal of this law and action to replace it with commonsense solutions that lower costs while increasing access to care. I will continue to support limiting the federal government’s reach, to protect the patient-provider relationship, and to advocate for solutions promoting affordability and accessibility of health care."

These are fine words and sentiments by the Congressman, but sadly, he is part of the establishment (i.e. Congress) that lacks the courage to reign in health care costs and make it, in any way possible, even remotely affordable to all Americans.  Congress panders and whore themselves out to those with money. Insurance companies and the Health Care industry spend millions every year in filling the coffers of politicians and ensuring the status quo.

So what is the answer?  I wish I had it.  I do know, taxing American's for NOT having some type of healthcare insurance, certainly isn't the answer.  Repealing what is known as Obamacare (why don't they call it Romneycare?  He after all was the trail blazer) might be the answer, but if successful, don't then expect the politicians to step forward and fix a badly broken system.