I even wrote a diary on it myself. I am starting to believe that since they could not get the “public option” which would have just did a job of undercutting the insurance companies until they went out of business, they just put so many mandates on them that at some point the insurance companies are going to be begging the government to take over their book and then the take over begins.

Within the ObamaCare law, there is a $2000 per employee penalty to an an employer that does not provide coverage to employees. Since $2000 is a fraction of what most employers pay for their employees, it will be only a matter of (short) time before employers dump their employees’ insurance and opt to pay the fine. Those employees will end up on a government plan.

What you’ll end up with, by around 2016, is something just like the bank bailout. The insurance companies are are “too big to fail” types. What’s more, with a likely reduced Democrat majority and a hopefully less socialist President, you’ll see the role of government in “health insurance” akin to the big banks. Whatever the case, the insurance oligopoly will remain technically “private” though mostly owned and operated by the federal government.

I’ve also heard, though it could be incorrect, that insurance companies will have to cover people even if they apply while on the way to the ER with no application processing time. That would be very interesting if anyone else knows. Given that, I don’t see how this can work, especially considering there are no penalties, civil or criminal, for not paying the individual mandate “penalty.”

There is a poison pill in OCare that I will bring to everyone’s attention tomorrow or Monday after a very good friend of mine begins a very large email campaign. The poison pill makes the Commerce Clause arguement look like child’s play.

This is the true test for those who believe the GOP will bail us out and repeal. RINOCare – our governement backed insurance cartels are even worse than socialized medicine. With the GOP in power, I believe it is highly likely they will go the fascist healthcare route and claim a victory. We will be complete idiots if we buy any of it. Only a full repeal will work – nothing less.

The mandate will not be struck down on Commerce Clause issues. There is another angle that will kill it. If the mandate is struck and RINOs attempt to save OCare by turning it into RINOCare, the only solution will be to refuse to follow the law and demand our states do the same. It should not be to hard whipping up passions on this one. Wait until Sunday or Monday and be prepared to be infuriated.

was something I could see right from the start. One of the BIG reasons premiums keep going up are the ever increasing ‘mandates’ imposed by states. If an insurance company is ‘mandated’ to cover things like accupuncture, rates MUST go up.

The failure by the GOP to mention the ecomonic costs to insurers in simple terms during the year long buildup to Obamacare is something I find inexcusable.

Try to reconcile “keep your current insurance” with insurers going out-of-business.