RINOCare – From Crony Socialism Back to Crony Capitalism

(Please note:  A significantly edited version of this article was posted by Conservatives Corner at the following link - https://www.facebook.com/conservativescornerdotcom/posts/1225853070845481.  What follows is the author's original unedited version)

America used to have the best medical care system in the world.  The free market was running smoothly as people chose both their doctors and which, if any, health insurance plans they wanted.  It used to be that people only bought catastrophic plans – in case of serious diseases and expensive operations.  People paid cash for things like doctors’ visits and prescriptions.  This was America before the government got involved.

But, all that changed in the 20^th century with the creeping socialism that got its foot in the door of many American institutions.  Healthcare was just one of those areas.  The expansion of healthcare was actually related to the growing monster that is the income tax.  Employers started to offer health insurance as an incentive to workers to be able to compensate them at greater levels without increasing their tax burden.  Thus, the government began to shape American business and labor via the tax code and secondarily, the health insurance industry.

With the advent of social programs through the 1930s – 1960s, healthcare was a part of the package the government “snake oil salesmen” sold to the American people in the name of having compassion for the poor.  These government healthcare plans for the poor and elderly were designed to keep government in control and a growing number of citizens dependent on government largesse.  These plans also changed the character of much of the healthcare industry.  More and more people wanted comprehensive plans – where they would have to pay little or nothing for healthcare.

From there, the progressives and socialists started screaming about healthcare being a right (an entitlement) for all.  This reached a crescendo during the Clinton years of the 90s with the first failed efforts of “Hillarycare.”  This boondoggle was kept at bay until Barack Obama was elected President with a Democrat majority in both houses of Congress in 2008.  Early 2010 gave us Obamacare – the socialist dream of government control over every American life (even those set to be destroyed in the womb).  And, never forget, only Democrats voted for it.

Yet, since the 2010 Congressional elections, the American people have been calling loudly and strongly for its repeal.  Both true conservatives and sleazy RINOs have been equally promising its repeal ever since.  Now, in 2017, with a Republican President and Republican majorities in both Houses of Congress, there remains not one single excuse for the continued existence of Obamacare and its dreadful consequences foisted upon Americans’ healthcare.

But, never fear, The RINOs are here!  What has oozed out from the stagnant pools of Washington’s swamp is nothing more than a putrid payout to their insurance company lobbyist bosses.  Instead of returning healthcare back to the people and their doctors, now the RINOs are set to make big insurance our new healthcare masters.  Just look at the proposal for the penalty fines for those who don’t want to buy insurance – the individual mandate as Obama and his minions called it.  Instead of paying the government extortion payments, now we will be paying off big insurance under the Ryan RINO plan! 

So, Obama’s crony socialism is going to be replaced with the RINOs’ crony capitalism.  Yep, that’s right.  If Ryan and his posse have their way, we will all become slaves of big insurance.  Guess what?  That will still mean lousy coverage, limited doctors, and smaller hospitals closing as big insurance and their government “enforcers” herd us all into what benefits their bottom line the most regardless of quality, affordability, and accessibility.  This isn’t even “putting lipstick on a pig.”  It is smearing manure all over the pig and serving it for Christmas dinner!

The only solution is to put more and more pressure on members of Congress (and the President) to keep their promises and fully repeal Obamacare.  Remove government restrictions on healthcare.  And, allow consumers, their doctors, and the free market to rebuild the best medical care system in the world.  Obama’s socialists are gone.  Next, the lobbyist controlled RINOs need to be come fossils at the bottom of Washington’s swamp!  Time for We The People to remind Washington that they work for us!