I THOUGHT OBAMACARE WAS GOING TO REDUCE HEALTHCARE COSTS

So let me get this straight. Obamacare was supposed to reduce healthcare costs by $2,500 per year per family (Obama told me so), cover 30 million more people, be neutral to the deficits, reduce bureaucracy, and put the insurance companies in their place. What we know for a fact is that the annual cost for family coverage is $1,700 higher than when Obamacare was passed, only about 15 million more people will actually be covered, it will increase our deficits by trillions, its 2,700 pages of rules, regulations, penalties, fines, and mandates will triple the bureaucratic nightmare of doctors and patients, and has enriched the sickcare industry causing their stocks to soar. And this is before the fun really begins in 2013 and 2014 with new taxes, fees and fines on the way. I’m sure the thousands of new Obamacare IRS agent enforcement officials will surely improve our healthcare efficiency.

Thousands of doctors are just throwing in the towel and retiring. Small businesses are going under, not hiring, or converting their employees to part-time. Large connected businesses and unions are using their lobbying clout to bribe their way out of requirements. This law is shaping up to be the biggest clusterfuck in history. And that is saying something. But don’t worry. When your appendix bursts next year, your local Obamacare Urgent Care Facility will schedule you for an appointment in 3 months.

Inefficient Health Care Bureaucracy Costs Physicians $27 Billion Per Year

Everyone knows that the U.S. health care system is inefficient. This hurts both the nation and the employers that offer coverage to their workers. But a new study by researchers at Cornell University and the University of Toronto claims that the average U.S. physician pays $61,000 more in administrative costs per year than their Canadian counterparts.

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