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RUSH: Here\u2019s another one from TheHill.com: “Obamacare ‘Death Panel\u2019 Faces Growing Opposition from Democrats<\/a>.” Most of the health care stack that I have today, if I had to summarize every story, what it\u2019s about, it can\u2019t work. Obamacare physically, financially, practically cannot work. It\u2019s too big. It\u2019s a leviathan that simply cannot be tamed. It just can\u2019t work. Every story would fall under that umbrella. <\/p>\n

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TheHill.com: “Obamacare\u00c2\u2019s cost-cutting board — memorably called a ‘death panel\u2019 by Sarah Palin<\/a> — is facing growing opposition from Democrats who say it will harm people on Medicare. Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean drew attention to the board designed to limit Medicare cost growth when he called for its repeal in an op-ed late last month. … But the former Vermont governor is not the only Democrat looking to kill the panel. A wave of vulnerable Democrats over the past three months has signed on to bills repealing the board\u00c2\u2019s powers, including Sen. Mark Pryor (Ark.) and Reps. Ron Barber (Ariz.), Ann Kirkpatrick (Ariz.), Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) and Elizabeth Esty (Conn.). All five are considered vulnerable in next year\u00c2\u2019s election, highlighting the stakes and the political angst surrounding the healthcare measure.”<\/p>\n

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And so now you\u2019ve got a bunch of Democrats saying, “Wait a minute. Death panels? We don\u2019t want to deal with — this is going to hurt Medicare.” Why would it hurt Medicare? Because the death panel has the ultimate power to determine who gets treated and who doesn\u2019t. Not covered; treated. The death panel determines who is going to get treated.<\/line>Medicare pays for the elderly to be treated. The death panel trumps Medicare in Obamacare. Medicare has been gutted to boot. <\/line><\/p>\n

The next story is from CNNMoney.com: “Where Obamacare Premiums Will Soar — Get ready to shell out more money for individual health insurance under Obamacare … in some states, that is. While many residents in New York and California may see sizable decreases in their premiums, Americans in many places could face significant increases if they buy insurance through state-based exchanges next year.”<\/p>\n

Now, by the way, this claim here that residents of New York and California are going to have lower insurance rates under Obamacare? Folks, that\u2019s an abject lie — and the news of the day is the evidence! The news of the day for the past month or longer has been all about rising premiums in California and New York and insurance companies pulling out of there. By design, by the way.<\/p>\n

You would almost think with this story that CNN was going to commit a random act of journalism, but they don\u2019t. Instead, they push with a bunch of myths. First they claim that rates are going to go down in New York and California under Obamacare, which has been debunked. They won\u2019t. Then they claim that those states that have “bare-bones plans,” when in fact states have high rates because they already require insurance companies to cover a lot of the nonsense mandated under Obamacare.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s preexisting condition stuff, which isn\u2019t insurance. That\u2019s welfare. That\u2019s another story. From Cybercast News Service: “Blue Cross, Aetna, United, Humana Flee Obamacare Exchanges.” One, two, three, four insurance companies have pulled out of the Obamacare exchanges. It\u2019s all part of the plan. Private insurers are being forced out of the market. This is part of the Obamacare long-term plan to make it so that only government has insurance to sell.<\/p>\n

“Major health insurance companies — Blue Cross, Aetna, United, Humana — have decided not to participate in various states in the Obamacare health insurance exchanges that will be the only place Americans will be able to buy a health insurance plan using the federal subsidies authorized under the Obamacare law. Under … Obamacare, every American must buy a health insurance plan that meets minimum government specifications.<\/p>\n

“If a person does not get health insurance through their employer, and is not on Medicaid, they can buy insurance through their home state\u2019s insurance exchange (which, depending on the state, will be run by either the state or federal government),” because not all states have signed up to open an exchange. “States will also operate exchanges where small businesses can buy health insurance plans,” and when you go to the exchange, it will be going to a website.<\/p>\n

There are going to be a number of insurance companies there offering plans and, theoretically, you\u2019re going to have freedom of choice. You\u2019re mandated to go there. You\u2019re mandated to buy a policy — and while you\u2019re there, you can choose. Well, what happens when Blue Cross and Aetna and United and Humana pull out? Right there are four insurance companies taking their business out of there. That\u2019s going to result in less competition.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s all by design, folks. <\/p>\n

This is all part of the plan. The long-term Obama plan is to eliminate private-sector insurance as a business, because the long-term objective is single-payer, government-run health care. They know that they can\u2019t just wave a magic wand and say, “Starting next year, all private sector insurance is dead and have you to go to the government to get your insurance.” Nobody would put up with that.<\/p>\n

So the way Obamacare is designed is to make it impossible for people like Blue Cross or Aetna or United or Humana to make a profit; therefore, make it impossible for them to stay in business. So what will happen is these evil, greedy, private sector insurance companies will pull out — and Obama and the Democrats will run around saying, “See? You just can\u2019t trust the private sector! See? These people only care about profit.<\/p>\n

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“See? They don\u2019t care about you. They don\u2019t care that you\u2019re sick. They don\u2019t care that your grandmother is sick. All they care about is their profit. Well, good riddance,” when the truth will have been the characteristics of Obamacare have made it impossible for them to stay in businesses. So it\u2019s actually quite brilliant. Obama and the Democrats want the government to be the sole place any of us can go for insurance, but they can\u2019t mandate that in a law. <\/p>\n

Nobody would support it. <\/p>\n

So they structure it so that that happens anyway, and it appears to happen because private sector insurance companies are a bunch of rotten SOB\u2019s who would rather pull out than provide you with insurance for health coverage. So the government will be there as a savior! The government will be there as a stopgap to save you from the evil clutches of these private sector rich guys (who probably vote Republican) who don\u2019t care about you. That\u2019s how it works, and it\u2019s working. <\/p>\n

When Blue Cross and Aetna and United and Humana pull out, that\u2019s all part of the plan. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Two important stories. Washington Examiner<\/a>: “Most of the Health care co-ops, the exchanges created under Obamacare are in danger of running out of money before they even open, running out of money before they even begin offering health insurance to consumers. This according to the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services.” Now, California got $900 million, I think. They\u2019ve blown through it almost. They\u2019re almost out of money before they even open.<\/p>\n

Finally, “Obamacare Exchanges Months Behind in Testing IT Data Security,” meaning… Well, I\u2019ll have to save this for tomorrow. It\u2019s kind of complicated. But when you go in to an exchange and sign up, that data is not secure. They haven\u2019t gotten any security on the IT system when you go sign up. It\u2019s not encrypted, nothing. I\u2019m telling you, it\u2019s a debacle. So let\u2019s review. <\/p>\n

You have to buy insurance. Rates are skyrocketing, but you can get a subsidy. But you can only get a subsidy through the exchanges. But the companies aren\u2019t offering individual plans via the exchanges because they\u2019re pulling out, which means individuals aren\u2019t going to get a subsidy — and they\u2019re going to have to pay through the nose or pay the Obamacare penalty or tax and fine for not having insurance. That\u2019s where we\u2019re headed. <\/p>\n

The subsidies come from the private sector guys, and they\u2019re pulling out. Well, in one sense they do. I don\u2019t know. This can\u2019t work, folks. It just cannot. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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