“Free” doesn’t exactly mean free as billed by
progressives. Someone has to pay for all
this “free stuff.” We conservatives
instinctively know this because we work for a living and are cursed with common
sense. Progressives usually can’t figure
this out until it’s too late. Some never
do.
The Affordable Health Care Act has rendered health
insurance too expensive for the working class.
Most will be forced onto Medicaid or pay a fine. Obamacare is the ultimate Trojan horse;
instead of being filled with soldiers, this innocent looking gift is filled
with government bureaucrats just waiting to plunder a citizen’s estate.
But with the expansion under ObamaCare, more and more people
will qualify for Medicaid without realizing that the coverage is really not
free, but instead a hidden secured loan whose terms aren't explicit.
As Carol Ostrom, the Seattle Times health reporter, explained:
The way Prins
saw it, that meant health insurance via Medicaid is hardly “free” for Washington
residents 55 or older. It’s a loan, one whose payback requirements aren't well
advertised. And it penalizes people who, despite having a low income, have
managed to keep a home or some savings they hope to pass to heirs, Prins said.
Sofia and Gary lived
together, she as an artist and he as a tango instructor, and when they saw that
they would see their assets evaporate under estate recovery rules if they
signed up for Medicaid, they decided to get married. That way, their combined
incomes qualified them for ObamaCare coverage on the state exchange, helped
along with some federal subsidies. Said Sofia:
We’re happy to
be getting married. Unfortunately not everyone has such an elegant solution to
the problem.
No, they don’t. Barry Blake lived with
his mother who owned her own home and was covered under Medicaid. When she
died, the state of Kentucky “took the house ... to be sold and pay those
expenses” according to a suit Blake filed to recover it in 2009. The state also
took the washer and dryer, their lawn mower, gardening tools, kitchen
appliances and other personal items. Blake hadn't read the fine print. The lawsuit was dismissed.
There is nothing like the siren song of “free.”
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