* HHS Secretary Sebelius: a case study in why socialism leads
Topics: Health
17 Sep 2010
From: Ervan Darnell
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"Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services, issued the
warning in a letter to Karen Ignagni, the insurance industry's top lobbyist=
.
Ms. Sebelius said some insurers were notifying enrollees that their
insurance premiums will increase next year as a result of the law's new
benefits. [...] "There will be zero tolerance for this type of
misinformation and unjustified rate increases," Ms. Sebelius wrote. "We wil=
l
not stand idly by as insurers blame their premium hikes and increased
profits on the requirement that they provide consumers with basic
protections. " [2]
Wow. The arrogance is unlimited.
First, the unreality here is extraordinary. Obamacare forces insurance
companies to cover more conditions for existing customers and provide
coverage for higher risk customers. Whether or not that's good policy, it
absolutely forces prices up. Sebelius is in denial of this most obvious
thing. She is declaring that there is a free lunch and all it takes is a
wave of her magic wand. It's this sort of insanity that makes me distrust
any economic program from Obama because the people crafting it are utterly
clueless of the most basic things (or they are intentionally deceitful abou=
t
everything they are trying to do).
Second, this shows how Obamacare was never about reforming the market and
was all about socializing health care. The implied plan here is that
insurance companies will be forced to cover more health care with the same
premium. That's obviously impossible. They are being squeezed out of
business (or completely co-opted into a regulatory plan so stiff they are n=
o
longer meaningfully independent companies).
Third, worse still, look at the capriciousness of this. Sebelius is acting
as if there were no standard, no law, under which insurers are allowed to b=
e
in business. Rather she is implying that the administration has carte
blanche to pick and choose which companies will be allowed to stay in
business. That's corruption first, competition never, the "aristocracy of
pull" as the only thing that comes to matter is the quality of your
political connections rather than your product.
Fourth, it gets worse still. Her specific case is not that insurance
companies dared to make a profit, or failed to fund Democratic campaign
coffers, her complaint is they are telling the truth, and they will be
punished for telling the truth. Add that to Obama's support for censoring
campaign speech and rewarding media toadies [3]. It's clear Obama's vision
of government is not one of free speech and open criticism of his mistakes.
But don't worry, brainwashing the public is part of the program too,
Sebelius also said "So, we have a lot of reeducation to do," [1]. So, =
you
won't have to worry after that.
It all follows though, once you impose a bad program, you have to price
control other players to make it appear to work, and when they complain, yo=
u
have to silence them, and when people notice you have to brainwash them to
be content with the original mistake, since by definition there was no
original mistake.
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[1]
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/08/sebelius-time-for-reeducation-on-o=
bama-health-care-law.html
[2] 9/10/10 WSJ,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704644404575482213099258430.h=
tml?KEYWORDS US+rebukes
[3] http://jeffreymiron.com/2010/06/the-federal-takeover-of-journalism/
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isk customers. =A0Whether or not that's good policy, it absolutely forc=
es prices up. =A0Sebelius is in denial of this most obvious thing. =A0She i=
s declaring that there is a free lunch and all it takes is a wave of her ma=
gic wand. =A0It's this sort of insanity that makes me distrust any econ=
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ows how Obamacare was never about reforming the market and was all about so=
cializing health care. =A0The implied plan here is that insurance companies=
will be forced to cover more health care with the same premium. =A0That=
9;s obviously impossible. =A0They are being squeezed out of business (or co=
mpletely co-opted into a regulatory plan so stiff they are no longer meanin=
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ill, look at the capriciousness of this. =A0Sebelius is acting as if there =
were no standard, no law, under which insurers are allowed to be in busines=
s. Rather she is implying that the administration has carte blanche to pick=
and choose which companies will be allowed to stay in business. =A0That=
9;s corruption first, competition never, the "aristocracy of pull"=
; as the only thing that comes to matter is the quality of your political c=
onnections rather than your product.
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Fourth, it gets worse still. =A0Her specifi=
c case is not that insurance companies dared to make a profit, or failed to=
fund Democratic campaign coffers, her complaint is they are telling the tr=
uth, and they will be punished for telling the truth. =A0Add that to Obama&=
#39;s support for censoring campaign speech and rewarding media toadies [3]=
. =A0It's clear Obama's vision of government is not one of free spe=
ech and open criticism of his mistakes. =A0But don't worry,=A0brainwash=
ing the public is part of the program too, Sebelius also said=A0"So, we h=
ave a lot of reeducation to do," [1]. =A0So, you won't have to worry =
after that.
It all follows though, once you impose a bad program, y=
ou have to price control other players to make it appear to work, and when =
they complain, you have to silence them, and when people notice you have to=
brainwash them to be content with the original mistake, since by definitio=
n there was no original mistake.
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