United Liberty

We all know by now that the end goal of the health care “reform” bill proposed by the Obama Administration and Democratic leadership is to eventually run private insurers out of business, so we should be at all surprised by this gem that is tucked away in the 1,000+ page proposal, which you can read here:

It didn’t take long to run into an “uh-oh” moment when reading the House’s “health care for all Americans” bill. Right there on Page 16 is a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal.

When we first saw the paragraph Tuesday, just after the 1,018-page document was released, we thought we surely must be misreading it. So we sought help from the House Ways and Means Committee.

It turns out we were right: The provision would indeed outlaw individual private coverage. Under the Orwellian header of “Protecting The Choice To Keep Current Coverage,” the “Limitation On New Enrollment” section of the bill clearly states:

“Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day” of the year the legislation becomes law.

So we can all keep our coverage, just as promised — with, of course, exceptions: Those who currently have private individual coverage won’t be able to change it. Nor will those who leave a company to work for themselves be free to buy individual plans from private carriers.

Democrats and advocates of the “public-option” have been repeating the talking point that they just want to introduce some competition to the market place. As has been explained here before, that is a crock and they know it, and this language on page 16 is the smoking gun, as if we needed anymore evidence to prove the end game here is.

This language is almost like a grandfather clause. You can keep what you have now, but if you ever lose it, you’ll will not be able to switch to another plan, forcing you on the so-called “public option,” which isn’t really an option at all.

Surprise! You can, as Obama promised, keep your current coverage — as long as it remains available. However, if your employer stops offering health-care benefits, or if you buy it privately and your insurer cancels your plan, you can’t just pick up another private plan. Enrollments will be closed as of the first day the bill becomes law.

So not only will we see a crowding out of private insurers because customers will be opting for the “public option,” which manipulates the market and is entirely funded by debt and taxpayers, they won’t be able to seek new business.

This is nothing short of an eventual government takeover of private health care, do not let anyone tell you different talking points of “competition” or “reform.” This proposal will end private health insurance, as has always been the goal for Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress.