Robin SmithJust over five years ago, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), was signed into law. The bill passed solely through partisan gymnastics, receiving not a single Republican vote. Since then, its promises of saving families $2,500 a year and allowing people to keep their doctor have been proven false.
The long-term impact of government-run health care for the uninsured is becoming clearer, with health care industry business models being exposed as focusing on bureaucratic survival, not patient care.
Those demanding the government expansion of health care have resorted to theatrics like mock funeral processions and invading private functions. Politics by protest garners attention for a while, but eventually the public grows tired of these intimidation tactics.
Some operate under the delusion that there’s unlimited money in the government and ignore the fact that money to run government comes from the hard work of employees, property owners and business owners.
Let’s examine how the consequences of Obamacare resulted in the demise of a local organization serving at-risk youth.