I haven't been following along much, so maybe someone could fill me in.......

Who's still touting the "If you like your insurance plan you can keep it" spiel?

And the mandatory enrollment....how's that settling in?

How about the "risk pools make things cheaper" slant working out?

Here's what I think. If you don't have insurance now, you ain't gonna voluntarily buy it...even at a reduced rate, because you already spend all your money on other shlt. BUT you could end up with insurance anyway, because "I said so" and you will have to figure out how to readjust your monthly expenditures.....so screw you, you are now insured. Sorry it ain't gonna be free if you're working.....someone lied to you.

And if you are working and have insurance, if it is any kind of decent plan at all, you will lose in this deal....big time. Why? because your boss is not about to negotiate a deal to maintain the cost of your present plan when a cheaper one (and "cheaper" is a high point of negotiations now) is available. So "yes" you could keep your plan, but that's like saying, "Sure, you can afford a 747".....not for long, bud. So now that you no longer have the plan you used to, but have a similar, cheaper plan shared by millions more, you can count on longer delays for treatment, consultations, and every other thing associated with mass medical treatment. Oh, and many more mistakes as well....count on it. Happens any time there are assembly lines.

Remember KK saying how the wonderful, amazing risk pools could make the cost of insurance so much cheaper? Remember how I made the statement that risk pools are for normal participants.....not NEEDY participants? Hail, enter "mandatory enrollment" (were there not claims initially that this would not happen?)....to get money from those who don't need insurance because they are presently healthy and young (and perhaps foolish). But their money's good enough to fix Syphillis Sam's rotting appendage, or deliver Annie Squats M. Outs 12th nipple-hanger. And now neither has to wait for emergency care, they can just make an appointment for every ache, pain, cough, itch, or bump they encounter.

Same ol' story......no consequences for unacceptable choices. It's the Leftist way. No point in acting responsibly if their is no penalty for not.
A hand up is different than a hand out, but the line has been blurred by enabling do-gooders. Which isn't so bad by itself, but now they want me to pay for it. I say, chase your dream on your own damn nickel. Get a job and produce something, or starve in the gutter....your choice.


Ahhhhh