As part of his continual campaign to sell the unpopular Obamacare proposal to the American People, President Obama visited a school on Wednesday to give (what was promised to be) his final argument on the Progressive version of reforming health care:
..... So whatever state regulations were in place, we’d get rid of those and so insurance companies could basically find a state that had the worst regulations and then from there sell insurance everywhere. And that somehow that was going to be helpful to you. All this would do would give insurance companies more leeway to raise premiums and deny care. So I don’t believe we should give either the government or the insurance companies more control over health care in America. I want to give you more control over health care in America.
The President was not being truthful with the American people. This bill is all about government control. Or as George Will said
two weeks ago
There you have the premise of this legislation and the core of today's liberalism: the American people are such dopes they can't be counted upon to buy their own insurance.
Not only does the bill require Americans to purchase health insurance, but it tells you the level of health insurance you have to purchase, which according to the CBO will raise the cost to many Americans.
There is also the Dr. Seuss provision (One Pill, Two Pills Red Pill. Blue Pill). Remember when Obama told the story about the two pills. And how the government may "recommend" to doctors that they only dispense the cheaper blue pill:
"If there's a blue pill and a red pill, and the blue pill is half the price of the red…