So as we all know, the Congress is getting ready to roll out its 1500 page bill on Healthcare in America.  Again, very few people have read the bill and both sides are sharpening their swords for the expected battle.  In August, the Left did their best to sell us on their idea of a “Public Option”.  Which as we all know are fancy words for exactly what the British have now, known there as a “Single Payer” healthcare system or “Government Healthcare.”  The Democrats never expected the explosive backlash and outrage from voters at their “town hall” meetings.  There were news stories of fights and multiple video clips of people shouting at politicians.  But even after August’s rush to have our voices heard, the Democrats are still pushing what they call “Healthcare Reform” down our throats.  They either didn’t hear you America, or didn’t care what you were saying.  Still, Day after day, this poll and that poll tout this number and that statistic until we, the taxpayers, are so overwhelmed with the coverage and the pundits and the whole damn thing!

So rather that trot out my views on “Healthcare Reform” and the “Public Option,” I want to take a look at something that hasn’t been talked about much in the news.  I like to look at things from several different perspectives, comment on what I see from there and right now one thing not being talked about is what this Bill would mean for the “Big Federal Government” itself and the people across the country it would effect.

Lets be honest, if this Bill passes those that supposedly need health insurance are not going to get it the moment President Obama’s pen lifts from the paper.  There are agencies to create and fund, staff to hire, surveys to send out, and databases to create.  There are contracts to be bid upon, things to buy, buildings to build, offices to furnish and reading material to publish.  There are suites to be rented, records to be compiled, lines of communication to establish and meetings to attend.  This will be a massive undertaking by our government and we all know how well the government manages itself with big projects.  What is the first thing that will happen once the Bill becomes Law?

I envision an entirely new government entity being created.  Lets call it the Department of Health Insurance.  This agency would tie into the Department of Health and Human Services but not be beholden to it.  It would also be linked with the Internal Revenue Service (which I will touch on later).  The DHI would employ hundreds of people in Washington that would monitor health insurance companies and individuals to make sure we are following the law.  The Director of the DHI would be on the President’s staff and have “people” under him with titles like “Deputy Undersecretary of…” and “Special Assistant to The…”

The DHI would need regional offices to manage the state offices below them.  Both the regional and state offices would need large staffs to do the day to day work of managing the healthcare of the people in their districts.  These offices might need onsite medical personnel for extreme cases that go there instead of their “primary care physician.”  They will need security like all government buildings.  They might also need a “Doctors Only” department to make sure that medical professionals and hospitals are complying with Federal Law within their practices.  All in all, the DHI might employ tens of thousands of people across the nation, much like the Social Security Administration does now.

The DHI would reach from the power centers in Washington right down into the local communities.  First they would need to make sure that you are in compliance with the new law that says you are required to have “adequate” health insurance.  You would need to prove to them that you indeed have this coverage.  If you don’t have this coverage  or say you can’t afford it, they will refer your case to the Internal Revenue Service who will delve into your finances to determine whether you truly can’t afford it.  If the IRS determines you really don’t have the means to purchase “adequate” coverage then you will generously be placed in the “Public Option.”  However, if the IRS determines that you do have the means to purchase “adequate” coverage, you will be fined for not having it.  Also, if you are a business owner, the new provision would require you to provide “adequate” healthcare coverage for your employees.  If  you don’t, then you would be fined hundreds of dollars per employee.

The DHI might control what services you received from medical professionals as well.  The “Doctors Only” department might control the fees that medical professionals and hospitals charge.  They might eventually control when you went to the doctor and which doctor you went to for specific treatments.  Every visit to the doctor would be monitored.  Every Emergency room visit scrutinized.  Every dental procedure pre-apporved.  Don’t get sick America!  But at least they won’t disqualify you for pre-existing conditions (which my daughter has).

My friends, right now we are hung up on the “Public Option” and the “Healthcare for Illegals” debate, among others.  The Democrats seem bound and determined to ram something, anything through to the President’s desk.  They know that if they can get anything approved and signed into law then its just a matter of time before the next step is implemented.  They promised open discussions yet lock Conservatives out of the closed-door sessions.  They promised a 5-day online public debate yet are screaming bills through at an alarming rate with no public discussion at all.  They promised fiscal responsibility yet have spent more money in less than a year then can be collected trough taxes in five.  They said the 700Billion Dollar stimulus bill would create jobs, it hasn’t.  They told us that we, the taxpayers, would get our money back from those companies we bailed out, we won’t.  They told us Afghanistan is where the fight against terror is, but they have decided to delay support for our troops there (of which many  are my friends).  They have appointed Czars with titles such as “pay czar”, behavioral science czar”, “climate change czar”, “disinformation czar”, “green jobs czar” and “religion czar”, 44 and counting.  Now the White House want to create a czar to oversee the internet to “make it fair.”  The “pay czar” has decided to cut and control the salaries of private citizens in those companies that took stimulus money.  Where will it end, America?

I’ll tell you, it will end with the destruction of Free Democracy in our lifetimes.

…and that scares me.  It should scare you too.  Scare you into action.

–The Patriot