ObamaCare, the 2400 page Achille’s Heel of the Obama Administration, is so scary that even Democrat members of the House and Senate who supported the bill won’t mention it in current campaign ads. In fact, 34 Democrats are now running AGAINST ObamaCare! It’s a Democrat’s commercial that points out, “On page 30 of the bill, the Government will be able to decide what treatments you get.” The same Democrat’s ad warns, “On page 58, the Government will have real-time access to individual finances,” and furthermore, “…on page 59, the Government will have direct access to your bank accounts for electronic funds transfers.” Is it any wonder that most Americans disapprove of the intrusions imposed by this bill?
The projected economic impact of this bill continues to grow as experts delve into its details. In May, the Congressional Budget Office said ObamaCare would cost $115 billion dollars more than original estimates. Last week the Administration’s own Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services said medical care costs will consume nearly 20% of the economy by 2019 – a significant jump from the 16% GDP that health care costs today.
This behemoth is just the tip of the iceberg with respect to Federal intervention into our health care decisions. Consider the phrase “The Secretary shall…” which appears 1,075 times in the bill. Each citation is a directive for bureaucrats to write further regulations interpreting the bill’s voluminous requirements. I know how it works from many years of experience as a Policy Director in Washington, D.C. for the Office for Civil Rights in Education. The massive bureaucracies required to implement this monstrosity will be costly and inefficient.
ObamaCare must be repealed. We are Concerned Coastal Voters (CCV) and we urge you to vote for candidates who will work toward this end.
Jim Littlejohn
