The Eagle Has Fallen

The impact of Government Healthcare Reform on America is something that has been well analyzed and discussed in recent months. By and large the consensus has been that it will drive our country further into debt, increase unemployment, raise taxes to unprecedented levels, cause rationing of health care, and drive out all other commercial insurance carriers except those that are lucky enough to get on board with the government plan.

More Americans than ever have been following this issue and are against it, and yet still the House of Representatives and Senate have blasted it through, forcing it on us despite the poll numbers and outpouring of people speaking out against. Yet many ignorant Americans are still for it because they simply refuse to believe that Government would ever do anything bad to us. They choose to put trust in liars and crooks over those that have spent months following this disaster to American society and economy and reporting their findings. Most of these ignorant Americans have not read a single word of the 2000+ page bill, and put their trust in the Devil because he promises them that they need it and it’s good for them.

One of the ways this bill is going to directly impact myself, my family, and my community is as follows.
My wife works for a new childcare facility. They are a wonderful care center with the best employers you could ever work for. Their facility is full with a waiting list to get your children in, yet they struggle each month to make their payroll and other expenses and balance the books.

Because they are a small business, the first impact from the Healthcare bill is going to be higher taxes on the owners income tax. This will probably be a near killing blow to their already fragile budget, but they can probably compensate for it by raising their prices, at least on the children that aren’t being subsidized by the state, because the Department of Human Resources (DHS) mandates how much they will pay for each child they subsidize, and that rate is much lower than their regular, private pay rates. Perhaps the daycare can counteract that hit by dropping DHS payments altogether. Of course that means several families will lose their daycare in an area where it’s hard to find quality daycare at affordable prices.

By increasing their rates, dropping DHS payments so they can make up for the extra taxes, there will likely be a few parents who have to take time off from work to find another daycare that they can afford. If they can’t find one, they may even have to quit a job.

Later as the Healthcare Bill unfolds further and the Daycare is forced to either get their employees on the Government Healthcare plan or pay the fines, the owners will be backed up against a wall that just won’t give. Because they are a daycare and they must keep a ratio of teachers to children by law, they can’t simply let a few employees go to cover the costs. They could raise their rates again, but they will likely lose more children. If they lose too many children, they won’t be able to cover their other expenses like rent/mortgage on the business, food costs, cleaning supplies, payroll, etc and they will have to simply close their doors. This will leave a dozen or so people unemployed, and about 45 children without daycare. Again, parents will have to take time off or quit their jobs to care for their children.

The above scenario is 100% plausible, and likely to happen. While it may not seem like a major economic impact, you have to consider that this scenario is just one small business, and that all small businesses will be going through much the same way. Some will close, some will cut back on employees, raise prices and continue to survive, but everyone in the community will be affected in small or large part because of this. Also in this daycare scenario, all of these problems emerged, had to be dealt with, and not one single person received healthcare insurance.

Fast forward 2-3 years from now, after the weaker businesses have all closed up. We will be paying higher prices for everything, as each business has to pay for healthcare or fines for not buying into it, as well as making up for their other cost increases. You will have fewer choices for daycare, groceries, gas, etc. You may not have internet access at home anymore because your only available provider was a small business that failed.

You will be paying 50%-60% of your gross income in taxes and premiums, so you’ll probably be turning off your cable or satellite TV, canceling your gym membership, and trading in that Lexus or Mercedes for a Honda. At least you’ll have healthcare, right? Welcome to long lines, waiting lists for procedures, and government approval for procedures. If you’re too old as defined by the Senate to get a procedure, you’ll not be getting it, no matter what you do, even if you want to pay for it all yourself. Just remember, Uncle Sam said this is good for you, you NEED this!

And what did you do to speak out and try to prevent all this from happening?

Save the Eagle! Call and write a Senator (any Senator that voted for this plan), once a week, every week. Write your local papers and tell them that you’re against it and you’re fighting it. And when mid-term elections come up and we’re still fighting it, vote out these criminals who claim to be representing you yet vote against the majority of their constituents. The people still have the power if we are united and loud enough, but they are trying to take that power away from us. Take America back now, before it’s too late… and remember, it’s later than you think.

Michael L. Craner
A concerned citizen, veteran, and independent voter.