[TheRealThing]

Here's how it works in the real world. I suffered heart failure in febuary. My doctor wanted to put in a implantable heart devise (something like a pacemaker). However, government regulations wil not allow for this untill a ninety day waiting period. My doctor's statement when I asked him when he would put in this devise (tomorrow if they wouldn't put me in jail). Well the ninety days are over and I have my device. Just a couple of problems. 1. I had to wear a lifevest for those ninety days cost $3200.00 a month. 2. My anthem policy which I pay $783.79 a month for won't pay for it. 3. They have already paid for the real one. Since I am only 57 years old I will not receive Medicare for two years from my disability. I can only carry my cobra ins. For 18 months. So even if I had the money I could not keep insurance untill Medicare kicks in.

So far government regulations have given me a $10,000.00 bill I can't pay and could have cost me my life (since about 1/3 of the people with my condition die within the first ninety days)

So I guess all these guys who are all happy about government healthcare don't plan on suffering heart failure or anything else for that matter.

As far as the healthcare plan now, I see only the working people suffering in any way. I read that the I.R.S. will collect the fine (I mean tax) by keeping tax returns and other ways of withholdings. So the bums who don't work won't have to pay.

As for me, my wife will not have any insurance once my cobra runs out so my guess is the government will take it out of my social security benefits.

This is reality not some made up story.

So really what has changed the working guy in getting screwed again.

What we have here is the horror of reality versus the imaginary fancies of the liberal in la-la land. The secular humanistic "dream" as laid out by John Lennon in his song "Imagine", really does sum them up.

All this Affordable Care Act does is move those who don't or won't work to the head of the line. And, the best example of how that will work is demonstrated by the way college educations are funded. If one has worked his whole life, he will pay for much of his children's education. On the other hand, your children will recieve a free education, if you have not worked a tap during your lifetime. That is how it's done at present in this country.

Those who contribute nothing to society, the so-called poor, have become the honored and revered darlings of the left. They must have this class of folks to give themselves meaning. I mean, how can they feel god-like if they aren't taking care of the unfortunates? The idea here is consistent with the social justice based tenet known as redistribution of wealth. Before it's all over and if Obama is reelected to a second term, most of the seperation between those who have worked to get ahead will dissolve and they will find themselves amid the masses of a homogenized lower social tier. The rich will live in the stratosphere, and then you'll have a vast group of folks who will live in a socialistic, governmentally leveled and regulated sort of-- sameness. Of course, the ultimate irony here, is that Obama is continually touting the well being of the middle class when his real agenda is eradication of the middle class. IMO

Other Guy, I hope for the best for you and your family in this situation. Let's get to the polls this fall and vote these 'dreamers' out.