It’s the Redistribution, Stupid

By Rick Moran

That which could never be uttered, the massive redistribution of wealth occassioned by Obamacare was always the dirty little secret that the president and Democrats tried to hide from the American people.

James Oliphant at National Journal reminds us of the way the president tried to sell the program: “it would “keep government out of health care decisions”; it would prevent insurers from “dropping your coverage.” He said the program “would not add to our deficit,” that it would “slow the growth of health care costs in the long run,” that it would be “paid for” but not “on the backs of middle-class families.”

In other words, President Obama forgot to mention that somebody would have to pay for all of this.

He couldn’t stand up before the American public and say that the only way to achieve the program’s goals was to reallocate money within the health insurance market. 

It’s hard to disagree with Andrew McCarthy who points to the massive fraud perpetrated on the American people by this president and the Democratic party in Congress. And the idea that the “rich” are the only ones paying more is absurd. Young invincibles are paying more. The Middle Class will pay more in the form of higher and new taxes. 

Who won’t pay more? Labor unions and corporations who got waivers from HHS, single women, minorities who will now be covered by Medicaid – in short, the coalition that re-elected Barack Obama president.

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