NOW THAT AUTON ROBERTS HAS CREATED A MAJORITY TO SUPPORT, ALONG CONTRIVED AND SELF-CONTRADICTORY LINES, THE ‘PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT’ BETTER KNOWN AS ‘OBAMACARE’, IT IS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW GREAT A VICTORY FOR THE FORCES OF CONSERVATISM THIS LAW REALLY IS!

1) THE CORE IDEA FOR ‘OBAMACARE’ COMES FROM THE ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE AUTONS AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, AND WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED BY MY AUTON ROMNEY IN MASSACHUSETTS.

(WATCH MY WSJ AUTONS TRY TO SPIN THAT FIRST PART HERE. THEY’RE SO LOYAL!)

2) UNDER OBAMACARE, MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES GET TO PAY UP TO 22% OF THEIR INCOME FOR THIS ‘AFFORDABLE’ INSURANCE.

DON’T BELIEVE ME? IT’S ACTUALLY EASY MATH. PREMIUMS ARE CAPPED AT 9.5% OF INCOME FOR FAMILIES IN THE 300-400% OF FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL RANGE. COPAYS ARE ALLOWED TO BE ANOTHER 8K PER FAMILY, OR UP TO 12.5% MORE. SO IF YOUR FAMILY OF FOUR MAKES ABOUT 67K A YEAR, YOU’LL GET TO PAY UP 22% OF YOUR INCOME EACH YEAR TO WELLPOINT. (OR ONE OF MY OTHER SETS OF AUTON MURDERERS).

CACHING BABY!

3) IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD UP TO 22% OF YOUR INCOME, WORRY NOT! YOU’LL ONLY HAVE TO PAY A PENALTY THAT INCREASES TO 2.5% OF INCOME IN 2016. FOR THAT PENALTY YOU RECEIVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, BUT FEEL FREE TO WEAR A BUTTON SAYING ‘I GOT SCREWED FOR BLUE CROSS’ OR SOMETHING.

4) OBAMACARE IS *INSURANCE* REFORM, NOT HEALTHCARE REFORM. IT GUARANTEES THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE A SHINY PAPER CARD SAYING YOU’RE COVERED TO PUT IN YOUR WALLET, NOT ACTUAL HEALTHCARE. THE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS ARE LAUGHABLY WEAK, AND INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL STILL BE ABLE TO EVADE TREATING YOU QUITE CHEAPLY.

5) IN FACT, INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN STILL JUST DENY YOUR CLAIMS! IF THEY DO, YOU HAVE TO APPEAL THE DENIAL, FIRST TO THE VERY PEOPLE WHO DENIED IT, THEN TO AN EXTERNAL REVIEW PROCESS DESIGNED BY THEIR LACKEYS IN STATE INSURANCE REGULATION. EVEN ON EXTREMELY URGENT CLAIMS THEY GET 72 HOURS - JUST FOR ‘INITIAL DETERMINATIONS’.

HOPE YOU STAY ALIVE THROUGH THE APPEAL! *EYESTALK WINK*

AND THOSE RULES GET WEAKER ALL THE TIME, THANKS TO LOBBYING.

6) PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WILL REMAIN INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE - BY DESIGN. IN FACT, THE SPACE-KENYAN OBAMA ACTUALLY CONSPIRED WITH MY PHARMA AUTONS IN SECRET TO KILL A MEASURE ALLOWING YOU TO SAVE MONEY BY IMPORTING DRUGS FROM CANADA. DESPITE PROMISING TO ALLOW YOU TO DO SO IN HIS CAMPAIGN.

7) THE ACA CONTAINS A STEALTH PLAN TO DESTROY THE GOOD PRIVATE INSURANCE PLANS THAT SOME WORKERS STILL RETAIN AS A LEGACY OF UNIONISM. THE NEW EXCISE TAX ON ‘CADILLAC’ PLANS (IE GOOD BUT PRICEY-FOR-THE-EMPLOYER ONES, WON BY FILTHY UNION SCUM DURING NEGOTIATIONS IN THE PAST) IS INDEXED TO THE WRONG (AND LOWER) RATE OF INFLATION, GUARANTEEING THAT OVER TIME, MORE AND MORE PLANS GET HIT WITH THE TAX WHAMMY.

NOTE: THE SPACE-KENYAN ALSO SAID HE OPPOSED THIS TAX IN THE CAMPAIGN, ONLY TO FLIP-FLOP LATER.

AND ALL THAT’S JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY DOME!

SO TO REVIEW: UNDER OBAMACARE THE MIDDLE CLASS BECOMES PERMANENT SERFS OF THE PRIVATE INSURANCE SECTOR, PAYING THEM ENORMOUS SUMS OF MONEY FOR CARE THEY CAN EASILY DELAY, IF NOT DENY OUTRIGHT ON THE CHEAP. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS STAY EXPENSIVE, AND ONE OF THE LAST, LINGERING BENEFITS OF UNIONIZATION IN AMERICA GETS DEALT A BODY-BLOW.

BY DAVROS I’M *GOOD*.