On Sunday, Investors.com (The editorial page of Investor’s Business Daily) posted an article entitled “20 Ways ObamaCare Will Take Away Our Freedoms.” Please follow the link to the article, but I will try to highlight it here.
You no longer have the option of whether or not to buy insurance. If you are young and healthy or starting up a business, you have to pay for health insurance, or pay a fine. (Section 1501). Section 2701 of the bill states that the insurance companies will no longer be able to underwrite on the basis of a person’s health status. Section 2711 says that you cannot buy a cheaper policy that has limits on payout. Section 2712 says that you cannot buy certain pollicies if they do not have the proper preventive coverage. Section 2714 says that as an employer you have to insure your employees children up to age 26. (Whose idea was this? Are we trying to keep our children dependent forever?)
Section 1302 says that if you are a single male, your policy must cover pediatrics, a non-drinker must have substance abuse coverage. A woman who cannot have children must have maternity coverage.
The list continues. Hospital expansion is subject to major limitations if the hospital is doctor-owned.
This is a nightmare. It needs to be repealed either by lawsuits or by Congress as soon as possible. A number of State Attorneys General are preparing lawsuits to challenge to basic mandate of requiring everyone to buy health insurance. Stay tuned.