read it if you dare

I'm a
54 year old consulting engineer and make between $60,000 and $125,000 per year,
depending on how hard I work and whether or not there are work projects out
there for me.


My
girlfriend is 61 and makes about $18,000 per year, working as a part-time mail
clerk.


For
me, making $60,000 a year, under ObamaCare, the cheapest, lowest grade policy I
can buy, which also happens to impose a $5,000 deductible, costs $482 per
month.


For
my girlfriend, the same exact policy, same deductible, costs $1 per month.
That's right, $1 per month. I'm not making this up.


Don't
believe me? Just go to http://www.coveredca.gov/ ,
the ObamaCare website for California and enter the parameters I've mentioned
above and see for yourself. By the way, my zip code is 93940. You'll need to
enter that.


So
OK, clearly ObamaCare is a scheme that involves putting the cost burden of
healthcare onto the middle and upper-income wage earners.
But
there's a lot more to it. Stick with me.


And
before I make my next points, I'd like you to think about something:


I
live in Monterey County, in Central California. We have a large land mass but
just 426,000 residents - about the population of Colorado Springs or the city of
Omaha.


But
we do have a large Hispanic population, including a large number of illegal
aliens, and to serve this group we have Natividad Medical Center, a massive,
Federally subsidized county medical complex that takes up an area about
one-third the size of the Chrysler Corporation automobile assembly plant in
Belvedere, Illinois (per Google Earth)


Natividad
has state-of-the-art operating rooms, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance
Imaging, fully equipped, 24 hour emergency room, and much more.


If
you have no insurance, if you've been in a drive-by shooting or have overdosed
on crack cocaine, this is where you go. And it's essentially free, because
almost everyone who ends up in the ER is uninsured.


Last
year, 2,735 babies were born at Natividad. 32% of these were born to
out-of-wedlock teenage mothers, 93% of which were Hispanic.


Less
than 20% could demonstrate proof of citizenship, and 71% listed their native
language as Spanish. Of these 876 births, only 40 were covered under [any kind
of] private health insurance. The taxpayers paid for the other 836.


And
in case you were wondering about the entire population - all 2,735 births - less
than 24% involved insured coverage or even partial payment on behalf of the
patient to the hospital in exchange for services. Keep this in mind as we move
forward.


Now
consider this:


If I
want to upgrade my policy to a low-deductible premium policy, such as what I had
with my last employer, my cost is $886 per month.


But
my girlfriend can upgrade her policy to the very same level, for just $4 per
month.


That's
right, $4 per month. $48 per year for a zero-deductible, premium healthcare
policy - the kind of thing you get when you work at IBM (except of course, IBM
employees pay an average of $170 per month out of pocket for their
coverage).


I
mean, it's bad enough that I will be forced to subsidize the ObamaCare scheme in
the first place. But even if I agreed with the basic scheme, which of course I
do not, I would never agree to subsidize premium policies.


If I
have to pay $482 a month for a budget policy, I sure as hell do not want the guy
I'm subsidizing to get a better policy, for less than 1% of what I have to fork
out each month for a low-end policy.


Why
must I pay $482 per month for something the other guy gets for a
dollar?


And
why should the other guy get to buy an $886 policy for $4 a month?


Think
about this: I have to pay $10,632 a year for the same thing that the other guy
can get for $48.


$10,000
of net income is 60 days of full time work as an engineer; $48 is something I
could make collecting aluminum cans and plastic bottles, one day a
month.


Are
you with me on this? Are you starting to get an idea what ObamaCare is really
about?


ObamaCare
is not about dealing with inequities in the healthcare system. That's just the
cover story.


The
real story is that it is a massive, political power grab.


Do
you think anyone who can insure himself with a premium policy for $4 a month
will vote for anyone but the political party that provides him such a
deal?


ObamaCare
is about enabling, subsidizing, and expanding the Left's political power base,
at taxpayer expense.


Why
would I vote for anyone but a Democrat if I can have babies for $4 a
month?


For
that matter, why would I go to college or strive for a better job or income if
it means I have to pay real money for healthcare coverage? Heck, why study
engineering when I can be a schlub for $20K per year and buy a new F-150 with
all the money I'm saving?


And
think about those $4-a-month babies - think in terms of propagation models.
Think of just how many babies will be born to irresponsible, under-educated
mothers. Will we get a new crop of brain surgeons and particle physicists from
the dollar baby club, or will we need more cops, criminal courts and
prisons?


One
thing you can be certain of: At $4 a month, they'll multiply, and multiply, and
multiply.


ObamaCare:
It's all about political power.

Remember
folks, November 2016 is just around the corner. If you want to continue this
kind of redistribution of wealth, then don't "forward" this email. But if you
are sick and tired of the money grab by the current administration, then
"forward" this email to everyone in your Address Book. VOTE IN
2016!!!!



One
of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up
being governed by your inferiors. Plato