Saturday, November 30, 2013

ObamaCare's Looming Land Mine

"Those who wrote the PPACA legislation were much more brilliant than most conservatives have given them credit for.  They have hidden a landmine in the way it all works that will ensure an eventual takeover of the entire health care industry by the government.

What is being overlooked is the new and higher deductibles and total annual out-of-pocket expenditures, especially in the Bronze and Silver plans.  The amount of these greatly exceeds the ability of most individuals and families to pay, thus providing the real possibility of personal bankruptcies due to medical bills and high losses for providers who cannot collect.

Once enough patients face this crisis, the provider will be painted as the devil, hurting all these working Americans and their finances.  First there will be restrictions on how much the provider can ultimately collect.  Eventually, providers will be eating a large portion of any of the money they don't collect at the point of service.

The government will neatly sidestep the mess they've set up on purpose, will be able to demonize the providers (who end up not getting paid), and can step in to "save the day."  And saving the day means taking over the now-bankrupt assets of the provider side of the health care delivery system.  Bingo: a full single-payer and provider system, under government control, without even having to fire a shot."     [American Thinker]

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