What Hinders the New Covenant: The Old Covenant

More preachers are sharing the wonders of the New Covenant, in which we say "Yes!" and believe Him for all things.

They still linger in the Word of Faith aspect of all things, convinced that if they say certain words enough times, or declare the blood over all things.

The truth is that while we can say all the right things that we want to, if our heart is not established in righteousness, then whatever we say or think will not last long.

What we say, what we think, all manifest what we believe.

If we think that we still owe God something for all that we have done in our lives, then we cannot receive. We cannot have our hands open to God to receive all things if we still believe that there is part which we must play, that we can achieve, or work with God to achieve something.

The Bible is very clear about the promises in the New Covenant:

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10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." (Hebrews 8: 10-12)

 

Now, this New Covenant is based on the sure and unshakable truth that all  my sins are forgiven, put away, paid for, and sent away.

 

There is another element which cannot be ignored:

 

"13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away." (Hebrews 8: 13)

 

We have to get rid of the Old, we have to not put ourselves under an old system which will leave nothing but a "fearful looking after of judgment" (Hebrews 10: 26)

 

As long as we think that we still owe God something, or that we can and  must contribute something more to what Jesus has done and is doing for us, then we end up frustrating the grace of God in our lives (Galatians 5: 4)

 

We have to get rid of all pretentions of self-righteous, which will come out of us as long as we see the law, the Ten Commandments or any other rudiments, or weak and beggarly elements as necessary for us to live the life which only Christ Himself lives in us.

 

Consider the parables outlined in Mark 11:

 

"20And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away." (Mark 11: 20-21)

 

The fig tree is a picture of man's righteousness, of self-righteousness, of works-righteousness, since the first man and woman dressed themselves in fig leaves to cover up their shame and nakedness after eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

 

When the tree of self-righteousness is completely removed in our lives, then watch what happens:

 

"22And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." (Mark 11: 22-24)

 

While Kenneth Hagin and other preachers focus on what we say, the focus needs to be on Jesus and the new heart, the new spirit which we receive from Him, and with it the assurance of His faith, not ours, working in us:

 

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2; 20)

 

We live by His faith, not ours!

 

Then Paul writes:

 

"I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." (Galatians 2: 21)

 

Righteousness cannot come from the law, from the "thou shalt nots" which no one can keep. When we accept the truth that the law is not the grace/truth which sets us free, when we see ourselves dead and hopeless in our trespasses, and that we need the Savior to save and redeem us, that we receive His life, passing from death to life, and His new power carries us through every day.

 

Then, we can have what we say, because what we say is a reflection of what is in our hearts, and we have a new heart, one with desires which He has set within us by His Holy Spirit!

 

What hinders the New Covenant in our lives is not that we do not speak forth what we want, or that we are not repeating our needs enough at length. Oftentimes men and women still themselves having to achieve something for God rather than receive all things from God.

 

When we understand the fullness of the Old Covenant, then receive the fullness of the New, we can walk in His grace and reign in this life because of His eternal life within us.

About Single-Payer in the USA. . .Flat-Lined in VT

Still, despite all the rage in the cage against single--payer, there is one state which has stepped in and wants to steep its residents in the program: Vermont.

Yet despite the overwhelming evidence against single-payer, or socialized medicine, or universal health care, there is one state, so far, which has pushed the single-payer system: Vermont.

But wait, even the Democrats in the Green Mountain state are sounding the alarm against single payer.

Their words, reported by Vermont Watchdog.com:

VT Rep.Jim Condon
(D-Colchester)

"The deadlines for proposing financing have been missed two years in a row now, so to me that’s very disappointing. It’s becoming clearer and clearer that there is no financing plan.” -- Jim Condon

Whether liberals want to admit it or not, their plans fall apart not because of moral or social, or even cultural concerns, but the financial issues. As British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher put it: "The problem with socialism is that you end up running out of other people's money!"

Bobby Starr
(D-Burlington)

Prior to this report, Senator Bobby Starr shared his concerns about the single-payer system "Green Mountain Care":

“There’s no way we can do it without new taxes … There’s no way possible of generating that kind of money from the existing money as far as I’m concerned."

Then he added:

“My fear is, in many regards, is if we have something that’s so unique that it puts us at a disadvantage from the states around us from a business standpoint.  I want to be sure that we don’t suffer.”

The tax dollars have to come from somewhere. If not from the individual citizens, then the wealth creators, including the private businesses, who end up carrying the bulk of the costs. Even Democrats realize that there is a limit to what they can get away with when it comes to raising taxes for government programs.

Starr ultimately voted against the plan, along with Condon.

Cynthia Browning (D-Arlington)

A third Democrat, Cynthia Browning (D-Arlington) is demanding that the Governor, fellow Democrat Peter Shumlin show the legislature the money.

Once again, even in the bluest of states like Vermont, it's all about the green which makes lawmakers and taxpayers red.

Browning commented:

“I think if the governor is going to continue to say, ‘I’m going to do single-payer,’ he has to show us how. And he has to show us how he’s going to build a sustainable, political base to support it. And the longer he doesn’t do that, the more it leads you to think he can’t do it or that he’s actually going to drop the thing later but he’ll wait until after the election."

Since Democrats are not looking good across the country, maybe the GOP can crack through the blue haze and take back seats in the Green Mountain state, too.

Obamacare was supposed to be a transformative reform which expanded access, lowered costs, and provided quality health care. Vermont wanted to go further and enact single-payer, only to find that it's all about the money.

As one headline put it, single-player has "flat-lined" in Vermont. Will it flat-line Democratic dominance in Vermont, and through  New England, too?

About Single-Payer. . .

"So Art--thanks!!! You made the argument for a single-payer system for me!!! Appreciate it!!! --Jim (or Sara, or Lee)

So what about single-payer. . .

There were rumblings from Reid and company that Obamacare was merely a stop toward single-payer, to begin with. Reid acknowledged that many of his supporters wanted single-payer, which at the time was masqueraded as "Public Option".

For horror stories about single-payer, check them out here:

Stephen Crowder went undercover into the socialized health care system. Clinics were closed on weekends. The waiting time for seeing a doctor or a nurse was at least a day, and even then, after waiting, they had to wait again to get an appointment. One lady shared how a friend of hers lost both legs because of medical incompetence.

Then there's John Stossel, who attacked the health insurance system in its entirety, pointing out that someone else ends up paying for it, which drives up costs, forcing doctors to hire more people to handle the outrageous paperwork. The third-party arrangements have created outrageous demand, rationing, and more paperwork.

And fraud.

John Stossel visited the Canadian Health Care system, and even spoke with doctors in the system (unlike Michael Moore, who tried to play up Canadian health care as if it's really something). Doctors expose the amount of waiting, and some die, or the pain gets worse. Hospitals throughout Canada are packed, as well, and there is no room for them in other hospitals. Some cities even have to throw a lottery just to give one person at a time a chance to see a family doctor. Black market health clinics have opened up all over Canada, as well. Black market for health care? Really?!

Here's another horror story from Canada stories about the Canadian health care system:

But that's Canada! What about Cuba?

John Stossel confronted crock-umentarian Michael Moore about the Cuban health care system, where in spite of the nice video ops. Refugees from Cuba, doctors as well as human rights activists expose that government officials will provide propaganda to the United Nations as well as feature hospitals with the best health care, which is reserved for political elites, while everyone else must succumb to sub-standard health care, often facing terrible, officious conditions, rationing, and a greater spread of disease.

But what about Great Britain?

The NHS neglected this woman's mother, dropped her. 400 hundred people have died at the hospital, as well. The government demanded a quota every month, and the hospital would rush through patients. These individuals call out a system which is terminally it.

Another UK report blasted the system, pointing out that many died needlessly. Poor care in fourteen hospitals, at least! And since everyone is forced to pay and forced to attend, such is the result of government force in health care. Another lady called the care that her deceased grandfather received "Appalling!"

Check out these links just on "NHS Failures" -- are you kidding me!

The NHS is better known for its massive failure than delivering great care. UK Prime Minister was hard pressed to defend such terrible news. In Britain, however, the citizens have no choice but to pay for bad health care.

But what about France?

I have heard the best reports about France, so far.

CBS Sunday Morning investigated the French system, which spotlighted that the French make less, the prices which are set by the government. The doctors are willing to accept it. Doctors respond to all emergency calls first, which shield many of the cases which do not need an emergency team.

If a team is required, a doctor and a nurse with other staff come

The French pay $3,400 per year on health care, and the French do complain. Yet the system is running a massive deficit -- $12 billion a year -- and many come to the country just for the free health care.  A Huffington Post article also points out the cost issue in the French system, which cannot be ignored.

The Cato Institute ended up shedding some light on the upside of the French system, as well, which included more use of private insurance, which is less regulated in France than in the United  States. French citizens are expected to pick up more of the costs, too. More importantly, though, Cato points out that market forces play a greater role in the health care cost control (not government intervention) and -- the French government and legal system are "tort-averse", meaning that doctors and hospitals do not contend with lawsuits, or the growing fear of lawsuits, nearly as much as occurs in the United States.

The report further reminds readers that despite the costs of health care in the United States, many come here to get the care that they need, and most of the technical innovations used in medicine originate in the United States, too.

Still, if there are any lessons one can take about health care reform, then, the answers lie not in granting more power to the state, but expanding options, instituting reforms within the system, employing market forces for insurance,  engaging individual responsibility, and encoding tort reform.

Not single-payer per se, but free market reforms make the difference. I would further submit that with less regulation and increasing the role of market forces within the health care system, France would better control health care costs, and end the "moocher problem" of people coming to the country for free health care.

Horror Stories of Obamacare: Near Boise, Idaho -- Part Two

For Renee: Obamacare turned out to be one big, lying disappointment

Here's the rest of the Letter from "Horror Story" Near Boise "Renee":

Sure, you can post it (with two caveats), it's one reason I posted it in the first place. I'm pissed off they lied about the pre-existing conditions thing. And the pols will just blame it on the insurance companies. Which I don't want. I want the blame to fall squarely where it deserves to be laid. They said I would be covered, and they lied.

I can't give you too many details, I'm afraid, I just got this job, and I'm on probation for 6 months...please leave the state blank, asterisks, if you please. Thank you. And please don't use my real name...Renee will do.

About me...I just left a horrible job, terrible hours, long commute, to a job I had been trying to get for 5 years, very close to home. My insurance with my previous horrible employer was set to expire at the end of March...okay, my current employer had insurance that would be enacted the first of March...everything good. I'm 53, good health, don't smoke, exercise, try to eat healthy, do yoga, yada, yada, yada. My husband is 41, and I'm trying not to die before he does...lol...I could handle him dying better than the reverse, you should have seen the poor soul when our cats died (of old age, they were 18 years old).

Then I got the letter from the new insurance company...Subject:Notice of pre-existing waiting period. I thought, WTH? I thought that pre-exsting conditions were supposed to covered under the monstrosity they called "ObamaCare". Well, I had 3 pre-existing conditions, which one wasn't covered? The one would go away when menopause finally kicked in, wasn't worried about that, and the other, arthritis, I refused medication for, I can ease that with a water fast of a few days. But the chronic insomnia was something I've had all my life (something about too much dopamine or something like that running around in my head). Ambien, even generic, is really expensive...the mild tranks, not so much, I could pay for them. So I call the insurance company. The letter said that any pre-existing conditions would not be covered unless I didn't see a doctor about them until November of this year. Again, WTH? The lady on the phone told me that pre-existing condtions, even under the auspices of the ACA, would not be covered because my new policy was enacted before March 31, 2014, and was therefore "grandfathered in", and not subject to the pre-existing conditions bit of the ACA. I was polite, and didn't yell at her, but I was not a happy camper.

So, I will run out of meds before November. Namely, next month. If I call my doctor for a refill, they will not be covered. If I see my doctor, like I do every 6 months for this, I will not be covered. So, I pay out of pocket...I'm thankful that I didn't have something really life threatening and chronic. But there are people that do. And I am sorry for them, because if they have changed jobs (and insurance) recently, they are screwed.

So, the effing big deal they made out of "but you'll have coverage for pre-existing conditions!" was not entirely true. And mine is so minor compared to others, but still. Don't lie to me...I hate a liar. I've always maintained that socialized medicine is great for those that want a doctor to take care of every sniffle, but what about those of us that try to take care of ourselves? I should take care of Mr./Ms. Couch Potato? Why??? I don't see a doctor unless I have to for a work excuse (last 5 years, always a bad flu), or if he won't refill my meds unless I see him for a check-up. And I adore my doctor (I usually despise them). And he's told me he's going to quit medicine because he doesn't want the government to tell him what to do. And he's the best M.D. I've ever had. I'm screwed here.

Anyway, would the insurance company prefer to cover cirrhosis of the liver, and possibly a liver transplant from all the alcohol I'm going to have to consume to maybe get a few hours of sleep at night, and feel like crap in the morning? And I drive big trucks...me feeling like crap every day will not be a good thing for the general public. Or will they cover my twice (maybe 3 times) a year doctor's visits, and my prescriptions? Except for the sleep meds, I usually throw them away anyhow. I pay more into my insurance than they have to spend on me a year. It's not like it's costing them that much (if anything).

Anyway, you can use this email, with the caveats listed above. No real name, and don't list my state. I've tried to long and waited forever to get this job. Please don't mess it up for me. Thank you. I should not have to be paranoid about this, but Big Brother is everywhere these days. The 1st Amendment is truly toast.

Thank you, once again, Renee for sharing your story.

I am tired of people saying "They're lying!"

I will not permit anyone to shame or silence people.

I know that the trolls will attack this story and every other account, looking for any way to discredit the hardship and pain which  you have endured because of the terrible Obamacare law, which actually prevented you from getting the quality, affordable care you were seeking.

Renee further blasts the argument that liberals and defenders of the law will attempt: "It's not Obamacare's fault. It's the insurance companies' fault."

Baloney! Thanks for calling out that lie, too, Renee!

But now, and I hope that more people will realize that ACA is anything but Affordable or caring, and notice how conveniently Democrats no longer talk about the "Patient Protection" part.

Wow!

Thanks for your courage in sharing your story, Renee!

Horror Stories of ObamaCare: Near Boise, Idaho

Following my post on Obamacare Horror Stories on Canada Free Press, I received the following comment:


Posted by: Renee
Email: ----------@gmail.com
URL:
Location: ----- ------ , ID

Well, here's another one...not nearly as catastrophic as cancer, but a damned inconvenience for me;

I changed jobs this past February. Apparently, my new insurance, because it was enacted before March 31, 2014, is not "grandfathered in", and one of the big selling points of ObamaCare was supposedly, "coverage for pre-existing conditions", does not count if you have insurance that existed before that date. This crapola just gets better and better. If you have to change policies before March 31, 2014, which I did with a change of employer, you're screwed. Damned bunch of Socialist liars.

And no, I did not vote for Obama (I'm conservative, and was suspicious of him), nor supported ObamaCare, BECAUSE I read the bill.

At least I only have chronic insomnia (from a chemical imbalance in the brain), but I can't see my doctor for this until November, way before which I will run out of meds, and may have to drink myself into a stupor every night (which doesn't always help) just to get a couple hours sleep. I'm sure becoming an alcoholic will be much better for me (/sarc).

I don't know what to do, other than to pay out of pocket for the rest of my life. Jobs are scarce around here, and this is a good job that I've been trying to get for 5 years. Doesn't pay worth a crap, but it's 5 mins from my house, and they don't call Idaho the "slave wage state" for nothing.

Horror Stories of Obamacare: Dr. Bellar's One Sentence

Dr. Barbara Bellar

Dr. Barbara Bellar was running for office in Cook County, Illinois, in 2012.

She let her frustration rip against Obamcare in one very very long sentence.

At least you can read it before she passed.

Please enjoy!

“We’re going to be gifted with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don’t, which purportedly covers at least 10 million more people without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that didn’t read it, but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a president who smokes … same sentence … with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes, for which we will be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect by the government, which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare — all to be overseen by a Surgeon General who is obese, and financed by a country that’s broke.”

Horror Stories of Obamacare: "WatcherJohnny"

WatcherJohnny of North Carolina: Obamacare = Obama-Don't-Care

A Gentleman named "WatcherJohnny" posted his outrage and upset about losing his health insurance, then getting a new plan, costing much more!

He called his video post "Obamacare - My First Bill"

He was forced to go from paying $153 to $451 a month. Same coverage, yet rates have almost tripled.

I sent him the following note:

Mr. WatcherJohnny - My name is Arthur Schaper, and I am sharing about Obamacare horror stories, such as yours. Individuals are trying to debunk stories such as yours. I want to debunk the debunkers -- I would like to use your story on my blog, including your Youtube video. Please contact me at ArthurSchaper@hotmail.com Thanks!

 

He was a small businessman, living in North Carolina.

 

If you want to call him a liar, be my guest.

 

Here are some other resources from his YouTube Page:

 

You Also Can't Keep Your Doctor
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/S...

American Health Care Killed My Father: Q&A with David Goldhill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvSa9n...

ObamaCare: What You're Not Being Told
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtxcK...

"I was laughing at Boehner -- until the mail came today,"
http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-wor...

Harry Reid "Taxation Is Voluntary"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6q0sl...

Obamacare Video Contest Song:
http://youtu.be/gtyf7UHXNTM

Obamacare Summed Up in One Sentence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdnY8r...

Experts fear ObamaCare rate 'spiral'
http://nypost.com/2013/09/30/experts-...

Ten states where Obamacare wipes out existing health care plans:
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/28/ten...

Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpe...

Harry Reid Says ObamaCare Just A Step Toward Single-Payer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXgSKw...

Sebelius on increased premiums under Obamacare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz0i8l...

 

 

 

 

 

Horror Stories of Obamacare: Iowa Pastor Tony Angran

Iowa Pastor Tony Angran

From an Iowa Pastor from WHO-IA, based in Des Moines, Iowa.

The report on this case:

With just two weeks before all Americans must have a form of medical insurance under the Affordable Care Act, one local pastor says it’s anything but affordable.

Pastor Tony Angran of Centerville was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus in January. He had insurance, but it did not cover certain things, like chemo. Since then, he has racked up $50,000 in medical bills and emptied his savings account.

So Angran signed up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchange. But with premiums of $850 per month, Angran says it isn’t affordable either, and he can’t get the treatment he needs until he has the right insurance. “I’m struggling here with stage three cancer and they’re sending me to the financial person to find out how are you going to pay for this?” Angran says.

Under the terms of the Affordable Care Act, Pastor Angran also has to wait two weeks before the coverage will kick in, so he has to put off his cancer treatments until then.

If anyone wants to call the pastor a liar, be my guest.

If anyone has a fact-check to debunk his condition or his situation, feel free to share.

Furey’s Fury: Torrance Residents Have "Pension Envy‏"



City Councilmember
Pat Furey

Mayoral candidate Pat Furey, a county employee retiring within days with a public pension, slammed the “pension envy” he hears from workers in the private sector who question the generous wages and benefits paid to police officers. (The Daily Breeze)

Creating a new psychological (or psychoanalytic?) disorder, Torrance Councilmember and mayoral candidate Patrick Furey unleashed his fury on private sector employees who criticize the massive pension payouts of public employee..

For the record, many Torrance residents, and likely voters, are private sector employees and small business owners. Still, why would anyone feel “pension envy”?

A growing number of Torrance public safety officers make more than one hundred thousand dollars a year, then take 90% of their salary upon retirement. One retired officer shared with me that the pension formulas shifted in the 1990s, and while he funded his retirement adequately, so that his disbursements would not undermine the pension fund. Another public worker, in Rhode Island, invested his retirement through a private system, so that he would be neither gouging his constituents nor jeopardizing his future.

Pension funding is a serious issue, nonetheless.

Four California cities have gone bankrupt because of unsustainable pension obligations to retired employees. Statewide stats affirm that eighty percent of public school revenues fund retirement pensions and benefits, as well. Cities should serve residents, and schools are supposed to serve students, providing a safe environment to live and thrive. Yet most cities may not survive the liabilities laid upon them because of generous contracts negotiated between public employee unions and prior city councils. Who will protect us from our protectors, indeed?

Instead of “pension envy”, perhaps the proper term should be pension outrage, or entitled entitlement exasperation. El Segundo has had few fires or deaths, and yet the Police Chief is on track to take home nearly $200,000 a year in pensions. In Lawndale, Centinela Valley Union High School District Superintendent Jose Fernandez negotiated a lucrative contract with a compliant school board, which offered to him a base pay near equal to the LAUSD Superintendent, in spite of the fact that he supervises a district one hundredth the size of LAUSD. The perks and pension “air time” offered to the superintendent vaulted his 2013 salary to $663,000. Hermosa Beach parking enforcers make a minimum of $53,000 a year, yet Hermosa Beach’s sewer system needs to be revamped.

And now to Torrance, CA. The Wall Street Journal featured the largest South Bay city in a list of municipalities with overwhelming pension liabilities -- $392,000,000to be precise. Torrance’s Finance Director Eric Tsao disputed the accounting in a Letter to the Editor, arguing that the city’s current expenditures only total 12% toward pensions. Yet percentages can be misleading, as they hide the real costs of pension liabilities, just as California Governor Jerry Brown could declared “We have balanced the budget!” while ignored the enormous wall of debt from public employee benefits.

True, safety officers risk their lives, and in the past they did not survive five years past retirement. Yet today, more public safety employees do live and thrive for decades after leaving the work force, thus placing massive demand on municipalities and their pension funds.

Pension reform is a necessity for good fiscal health.

Can Furey of “pension envy” fame bring this reform? He is a public employee, too, but so is fellow challenger Tom Brewer. However, Furey just garnered the Torrance Police Officers Association endorsement, and they have $170,000 in PAC money on hand to promote their candidate. No wonder Fury is in flurry to defend current pension obligations.

Despite their financial leverage, California’s public sector unions have endured more losses than wins lately, starting with San Jose and San Diego, where 70% voting majorities endorsed comprehensive pension reforms in 2011-2012. In 2014, Republican Kevin Faulconer won the special election mayoral race in San Diego, as well, despite ten-to-one outside money from union endorsements.

Despite Councilmember Furey’s fury about pension envy, the frustration about unfunded liabilities is not a disease, but rather a symptom of residential outrage, as voters are fed up with city leaders who accommodate present employees and retirees at the cost of current as well as future residents. Crime is up throughout California, and Governor Brown’s realignment has not helped, but a city which spends more money on retired police rather than clear and present law enforcement needs to shift its priorities.

With the most comprehensive turn-around in city leadership coming to pass in the city’s history, Torrance needs representatives who will not just discuss but enact and enforce comprehensive pension reforms, respecting the needs of current and future retirees, while also ensuring that the bulk of city funding funds city needs, not over-generous pension and benefits guaranteed in lucrative contracts signed by temporal city leaders into place without keen foresight or deep regard for foreseeable economic challenges.

Torrance faces a crumbling infrastructure, including potholes and rising need for parks and recreations restoration. Public revenues should go toward renewing and revamping the city’s public works, which serve all residents, rather than exclusively sustaining pension obligations for employees no longer working for the city.

But What About Sara?

Sara

 

March 16, 2014 at 5:09 PM

 

I love that you have an Anthem ad on this blog! I signed up with them on the Covered California site in January--I couldn't get health insurance previously as a newly self-employed epileptic (only able to be covered as an employee through a group plan) and I've started a small business--and the rate with Covered California/Anthem was a shade less than through the group plan and coverage was actually better than through the group plan. My neurologist said that the ACA is a "godsend" for his patients and that he's "thrilled" it is law. Thanks for the ad!

 

I had hoped that this "Sara" would reveal more information about her care and her health insurance.
.
I am convinced that this post is "Astroturf" (fake grassroots) and probably merely a dressed-up comment from Mr Ed Bronson or Ms. Liz Champlain.

Yet I am choosing to take this comment seriously, so as to expose all the more the terrible consequences of this law, and how one or two accounts in the beginning will give way to rationing, inefficiencies, fraud, waste etc.

(Regarding privacy and Obamacare, however, I wonder what "Sara" would say to this).

Dr. Dan Harrop, MD (Providence, Rhode Island)

Now, there are indeed people out there getting insurance.

I even met one person who said "I love Obamacare!" because their younger relative was able to get surgery, and the insurance could not deny them coverage because of a preexisting condition.

The problems with these "success" stories, sadly, is that they are growing fewer and far between.

Here are some comments from Dr. Dan Harrop to explain why:

Dr. Dan Harrop, associate medical director for Aetna Heath, acknowledged that Obamacare enjoyed some popularity: “Clearly there are people who are able to get insurance who could not get it before.” Still working part-time as a psychiatrist, Harrop added: “I have more business because of Obamacare.” He then acknowledged that the program was unsustainable:

“I can tell you the trends that are bad for the whole program. Don’t worry about the insurance companies. They will eventually make a profit. The issue is how much the government will have to underwrite these insurance plans.”

Sharing personal anecdotes of people who lost their health insurance, doctor, or hospital of choice, Harrop affirmed that without young and healthy people signing up, the whole system will collapse.

For the record, just because someone gets insurance does not mean that he or she will meet with a doctor. I must also emphasize that the millions who are losing their health insurance, who are witnessing higher premiums, who are witnessing fewer doctors who will accept Obamacare-insurance, or who are even choosing to remain doctors in the profession!

So, Sara, that's my answer to that. Regarding advertisements, they do not condone or validate the efficiency or effectiveness of anything in and of themselves. Thanks for writing, comment, etc.

That is, Sara, if you are a "real success story".

By the way, this little poster explains the scam behind Obamacare all too well:

https://twitter.com/kksheld/status/445421343861768192/photo/1