Affordable healthcare or a time bomb

Just where are we at with the Affordable Care Program or as it’s better known as (Obama-Care)?  I'm afraid that things aren’t going as smoothly as we were promised.  Many of us warned of the consequences of such a big change and many of those fears are starting to become reality.  Small business will be the real test as they work around the additional expense, in many cases the cost of this program to the small to medium business will be greater than their profit over the last few years.  Many entrepreneurs are already shuffling their workforce to fit under the shield of protection, this is done by shifting full time employees to part-time and laying off marginal workers.  The cost for individual healthcare policies has gone up tremendously with promises of more increases.  Insurance companies just like any other investment is looking to make a profit or they wouldn’t be in the business and when they are forced to take on known problems their cost goes up and it’s spread across the board.  It doesn’t matter that you’ve never had a claim now you will have to pay for the claims of others.  It’s no different than taxes, the more people not working the greater the tax burden is on those who are.  The government is made up of WE and WE have to bear the burden of those who feel it’s their right to slack off.  Don’t get me wrong there are a lot of people out of work who would love to find a job but with employers up in the air regarding the unknown costs associated with Obama-Care, jobs are at a premium.  A big problem is that I’ll guess about 30% of those who have been laid off over the past 4 years are enjoying the free pass and it will take an earthquake to get them back into the workforce as long as the government is feeding and housing them. 

Kathleen Sebelius the Health and Human Services head told an interviewer Monday that the administration was not prepared for the backlash on the program and was having trouble keeping up with the changes in regulations.  Gee, isn’t that what everyone was yelling about when they snuck this bill through in the middle of the night?  20K new reg’s so far and estimating close to 30.  This is a lot of extra work for any business to try and keep up with let alone a mom and pop outfit.  Just like the tax code it will grow into a monster that only accountants and lawyers will understand. Once this is all implemented we won’t have to worry about being like France, we will be France basically.  At that point the Dreams of Obama’s father will supersede those of our Forefathers of a free capitalist society.

That’s my opinion, what’s yours?