Obama healthcare bill faces "blood clot"

Today, U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson in Richmond, Virginia became the first judge thus far to challenge President Obama's historical, yet controversial Health Care Bill that was signed into law earlier this year.

In his ruling, Judge Hudson concluded that the provision of mandating every single American to carry health insurance was unconstitutional, adding that "it is beyond the historical reach of the Commerce Clause".

Yet of course, as always, President Obama remains optimistic, having two Federal Judges ruling that the Health Care Bill is constitutional. I think we can certainly see where this is already going. The Democratic Federal Judges will no doubt serve as rubber stamps of the Obama Administration and rule in favor of the bill, while most likely, the Republican Federal Judges will deem it otherwise.

While the bill is on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, we're already seeing that one ruling is forming a 'blood clot' in preventing the Health Care Law from being fully implemented, especially when it comes to the mandate of health insurance, which begins in 2014.

It is a real shame that nobody in Congress nor this Administration even concentrated on the notion of developing the simple 'public option' when it comes to Health Care. What is the problem of developing a system that IF Americans want to pay into it, they have that choice; if they don't, then they shouldn't have too. If they want to keep their own Health Insurance Provider, they should have that choice, if they don't want Health Insurance, then they should have that choice. If they want to choose their own doctor or hospital, they have that right.

But apparently, this never really set into the mind of the President, instead, he found it necessary to go one step further by adding some ridiculous provision that says every single American MUST carry health insurance, and how the Bill would be funded is astounding, considering that the entire country continues to spend money rapidly, and is near bankrupt. Hell, why not try to stop the bleeding there?

I think people could agree on the notion that we believe Health Insurance Companies are indeed dishonest at times, and never fully provide coverage for all medical requirements, but I think the public option would have allowed people what ever choice they wanted when it came to Health Care.

Obviously, if you're a multi-millionaire and you happen to receive some kind of medical treatment, chances are, you do not necessarily need health insurance if you can afford it on your own terms.

But again, it should be entirely up to you... not the Government.

President Obama and Republican Congressional Leaders meet

As the Earmark Ban failed in the Senate today, Republican Congressional leaders met with President Obama to try and resolve differences over the Bush era tax cuts. Both the President and Republicans called the meeting 'very productive'. Maybe the President is trying to make an effort?

While Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell specifically stated that they were against any tax increases from when the rates were established in 2001 and 2003 which were set to expire at the end of this year, President Obama went on to say that he would oppose any permanent extension of tax cuts to individuals making more than $200,000, and $250,000 for couples.

While it should be somewhat of a good compliment to President Obama that he is working with Republicans, and even announced yesterday a freeze on pay to Federal Government workers who earn ridiculous salaries and pension funds, Republicans in the House seem to be tied with working on solutions in the coming year ahead, while trying to find a compromise in the Democratic controlled Senate.

Many Republicans would like to see the controversial Health Care Law that was shoved down the throats of every single American repealed, but don't beat on that. Democrats in the Senate have already made their decision on that and are standing firm, not to mention having it vetoed by President Obama, and it is unlikely that Congress would get a 2/3 majority vote to over-ride the President's power.

But obviously, the Health Care Law and future taxes will start coming into fruition and will need to be discussed extensively in Congress, not to mention trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities including Social Security and Medicare, and let's not forget about our $14 trillion and growing national debt that everyone is also suppose to pay back (at least that is what our Federal Government expects us to do, even though it will never be repaid).

Where is all of this money going to come from?

People are sick and tired of being taxed to death in this country, but somewhere along the line, they'll have to find the money, won't they?