Not Hypothetical For Many–A Repeal Of Obamacare Will Kill And Bankrupt Many

[egbertowillies]

With the Supreme Court’s decision on the health care law expected next week, GOP politicians and their media allies are attacking Obamacare in full force. Many are treating the repeal or the potential Supreme Court rendering of the bill unconstitutional as some sort of a game. It is far from a game for millions of Americans.

I came to this country to get an education. I decided to stay for a better life. I worked professionally as an engineer. I then formed my own company. I never took anything from the government. I have always purchased health insurance for my family.

When I formed my own company my health insurance cost skyrocketed. Over the years my wife developed Lupus, a chronic disease. That locked us in to our policy which had escalated to almost $20,000 a year (that was over 5 years ago). In Texas we finally found a high risk pool for my wife and a catastrophic policy for me and my daughter and a college policy for my daughter. Our combined deductible is $15,000 per year. As such we pay all of our health care out of pocket even as we pay north of $15,000 a year for health insurance. While I understand my family is subsidizing the system, we can afford it at these rates. Many can’t.

The real issue is that if Obamacare is repealed or deemed unconstitutional, it is almost guaranteed that because a party, the Republican Party is anathema to universal healthcare, the laissez faire healthcare system will continue. This will cause the deaths of many Americans and the bankruptcy of many Americans. This is not conjecture. This is not hypothetical. This is fact. My wife who runs the Lupus support group in my community is continuously attempting to help Lupus sufferers whose insurance was rescinded, who are unable to get insurance, and who simply cannot afford it. Many have kidney problems that need care to prevent their deaths but because they are not in dire straits now, the emergency room is not an option. This story can be repeated for millions of Americans with other ailments. This system is inhumane, immoral, un-Christian, and a travesty to decency and ethics.

The talking points by the Right Wing claim that people hate Obamacare.

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[Blue Owl]

1. All just to make some really stupid, selfish people happy

n/t

[Lionessa]

2. I think it really depends on how much of Health Insurance Profit Scam they repeal.

If it's the entire thing, the article may be correct. If it's just the mandate being repealed, then I think a whole other scenario will form, and hopefully the fix will be forced to be in the form of taxed health care for all, rather than for-profit insurance for some.

Hey, I can dream, right?

[egbertowillies]

3. It is not a dream we just work hard to achieve.

We must do this irrespective.

[Hoyt]

5. If mandate is repealed, we may eventually get something better -- but over several decades it takes

many will suffer and/or die.

I hope we keep what was legislated, and that earnest efforts are taken to improve it.

[LiberalEsto]

4. It will mean that a mentally ill relative of mine

will not get the treatment and counseling that she needs,

[kelly1mm]

6. Just because something is good does not mean it is Constitutional. The Courts do not (or are not

supposed to) decide if a law being challenged is "good" or "bad" and how it effects some segments of the population, but rather if the law oversteps the enumerated powers of the Federal government as detailed in the constitution.

[Turbineguy]

7. Killing Americans

It's one of the things Al qaeda and the repubs have in common.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. If they take away people's health care they will be up in arms!