I’m thrilled that the US Supreme Court upheld Obama Care, especially the mandate that everyone buys health insurance or pays a tax penalty. Senator Marco Rubio stated on CNN that this is just another tax increase and that the Supreme Court even called it a tax increase. He warned it will get a lot of people in trouble with the IRS. That’s good because it will decrease the cost of my health insurance. I’m tired of paying for my health insurance and seeing so many people around me get treatment for free at the expense of the people who are paying for health insurance.
I personally know many people who simply don’t buy health insurance because they can’t afford it after paying for luxury cars, expensive clothes and expensive dinners. They think that they are in good health and prefer to spend their money on luxuries. When they unexpectedly get sick, they get free healthcare by going to the hospital emergency room.
As an attorney, I tend to find out about people without health insurance more often because people don’t generally advertise that they did not buy health insurance. In fact, I know people who didn’t even tell their wives that they aren’t paying for health insurance. There are an astounding number of people that do not have health insurance. The cost of treating everyone who does not pay for health insurance is increasing the cost of health insurance for everyone else.
Every year, I get a letter from my health insurance company advising of a 17% increase. At this rate, I would have to drop out of health coverage myself. In just a few years, my health insurance premium went from $225 per month to almost $1,500 per month.
For doctors, this is the best thing that could have happened. The health insurance system has been rapidly moving from a crisis to collapse. The only other alternative is socialized medicine. Obama healthcare will eliminate the need to move to socialized medicine.
