Obamazilla And The Attack On The Insurance Companies

From early on, Obama and the Democrats have attacked those "bad" health care insurance companies. They know from focus groups and internal polling that Americans hold substantial anger towards the insurers.

But, why is that?

For most Americans, especially those who rarely have to see a doctor, the only thing they ever see is the constantly rising cost of health insurance. They never really see medical bills from the hospital, the doctors, and the diagnostic testing companies that have been rising precipitously ; forcing the insurers to raise their rates in kind.

But, if they had seen the bills from the entities that are billing the insurers, they would have seen doctor's fees for office visits rising by nearly double in the last 8 years. They would seen costs for blood tests increasing dramatically as doctors order up a wider and wider variety of tests in an effort to cover their behinds against possible lawsuits. They would have seen how very expensive CAT scans and MRI's have replaced cheaper X-rays. They would see emergency room fees skyrocketing by hundreds of dollars for a single visit because of the amount of uninsured that are seeking free medical care at hospitals.

The insurance companies are merely the messengers and Obama and his gang in Congress want to shoot the messengers. The insurance companies don't determine the cost of health care in America. The providers do. That's why Medicare is going broke. It isn't because of the insurance companies raising their rates. It is because of the rapidly rising cost of health care bills. Medicare is, in reality, just another insurance company. But, instead of raising their rates as rapidly as other insurers, it is backed by the Federal Government who is content on running deficits that are subsidized by tax money from you and I. Private insurers would go out of business if they operated that way. So, instead they "have" to raise their rates.

In the title of the blog entry, I used the term "Obamazilla" because, like the fictional Godzilla, the attack of the insurance companies is monstrous theatrics that is designed to push a health care agenda that will ultimately force the insurers out of business and make the doctors and hospitals totally accountable to the Federal Government. And, as we all know, the Federal Government is too big, too non-profit, and too uncaring to manage health care in America and do it right.