"Free" Health Care and Contraception Under ObamaCare and Medicare

In this, an election year, Obama and his campaign commercials are hyping the fact that, thanks to him, Americans will receive free contraception, free medical check ups, and free diagnostic screenings. But, this "free" B.S. is just that; and, it should only play well to the dumbest in our society. Nothing in health care is free. Doctors and nurses aren't working pro bono so that millions of Americans won't have to pay for checkups. Laboratories and their technicians aren't taking cuts in pay so they can hand out free diagnostics work. Lawyers aren't backing off their malpractice lawsuits so that doctors are cut a break in the cost of their malpractice insurance so they can more easily provide free services.

The reality is that "free" means that private health insurance providers will have to raise their premiums. Free also means that the federal and state governments will have to raise taxes to pay for the free services under Medicaid. It also means that Medicare will go broke faster unless tax revenues are increased. And, for those who think they get "free" service under Medicaid, think twice. Increasingly, the better doctors in America are dumping Medicaid (and Medicare) because those physicians lose money on every one of those patients they see. This means that Medicaid patients are literally being herded toward high volume clinics that are typically short on quality. The wait times for the poor and elderly to see a doctor are increasing dramatically. So, you see, money isn't everything went it comes to the "cost" of health care.

Even the air we breathe isn't free. Millions of dollars in tax money are being spent to support state and federal environmental protection agencies. U.S. manufacturers are spending billions to comply with the Clean Air Act and those costs are passed on to you and I in almost everything we buy. That car you own is probably 20 to 25% more expensive because of EPA standards. Even the gas cap on your car is 4 times more expensive than it should be.

So, stupid people will vote for Obama because they really think that things are free. However, the more intelligent of our society know that all "this" free health care will only raise costs for everyone. And just like TSA terrorism screening at airports, 99.99999999% of those being screened "for free" don't really need to be.