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10/28/13, "Suzanne Somers: The Affordable Care Act Is a Socialist Ponzi Scheme," Wall St. Journal, The Experts
"What will the Affordable Care Act mean for retirees?
SUZANNE SOMERS: As a writer of 24 books mostly on
health and wellness and by using my celebrity to get to the best and
brightest doctors, scientists and medical professionals in
the alternative and integrative health-care world, I have come to the
following conclusions:
First of all, let’s call affordable health care what it really is: It’s socialized medicine.
I’ve had an opportunity to watch the Canadian version of affordable
health care in action with all its limitations with my Canadian
husband’s family....
My sister-in-law
had to wait two months to get a General Practitioner. During this period
she spent her days in bed vomiting continuously, unable to get any food
or drink down because she couldn’t get an appointment with the
doctor. When she finally did, the doctor said, “Oh you don’t need me,
you need a specialist.” That took another two weeks until she got a pill
that corrected the problem.
Really, is this what we want?
All of my husband’s cousins are doctors. Several have moved to the
U.S. because after their years of intensive schooling, they want to reap
financial rewards. My 75-year-old Canadian girlfriend was denied
treatment because she was too old. She died recently, having been given
palliative care. That’s all the system would allow.
Affordable care will allow for pre-existing conditions. That’s the
good part for retirees. But, let’s get down and dirty; the word
“affordable” is a misnomer. So far, all you are hearing on the news is
how everyone’s premiums are doubling and tripling and it doesn’t take a
rocket scientist to recognize that the whole thing is a big mess. Plus,
even after Obamacare
is fully implemented, there still will be tens of millions of people
not covered. So what’s the point? Medical care will be degraded, the
costs will skyrocket, and most frightening of all, your most intimate
and personal information is now up for grabs.
So, is affordable
care a good thing for retirees? Perhaps over time, it might work if you
don’t get too old and you don’t get too sick, and you don’t live too
long. But frankly, the economic ramifications with our already swollen
debt load don’t add up. Retirees who are on Medicare will suffer the
consequences of 700 billions of Medicare dollars instead being used to
cover the skyrocketing cost of Obamacare. In
essence, less dollars for seniors, means less service. Not fair. The
Boomers are going to take the “hit.” In Obamacare, “too old” has
limitations of service.
Boomers are smart. They see the train wreck coming… most I speak with think the Affordable Care Act is a greater Ponzi scheme than that pulled off by Bernie Madoff."
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