"How to Protect Yourself Against ObamaCare" by Paul Hsieh

Now that the election is over- by hook, or by crook- ObamaCare really *is* the law of the land. The results will, in fact, be a disaster for both doctors and patients, but no need to take my word for it. You  will see for yourself  coming years. In the meantime, here's one doctor's very helpful advice on how to limit the personal damages to the extent possible:

How to Protect Yourself Against ObamaCare

.-by Paul Hsieh, MD

"On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (known colloquially as “ObamaCare”), declaring that the law would enshrine “the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their health care.”1 But, for reasons I have elaborated in previous articles in TOS, far from establishing security regarding Americans’ health care, this new law will make quality health care harder to come by and more expensive for everyone. Unfortunately, until our politicians rediscover the principle of individual rights, choose to uphold it, and reverse this monstrosity of a law, we Americans are stuck with it and will have to cope the best we can.

So, what can you do in this new era of “change” to preserve your access to quality health care?

Although it is impossible to avoid the harmful effects of ObamaCare entirely, if you plan wisely and act accordingly you can minimize its effects on you and maximize your chances of receiving quality health care in the future. Toward that end, I offer the following four strategies, two of which pertain directly to your personal arrangements for health care, and two of which pertain to intellectual and political activism. . . ."

For the rest of the article, go HERE.

By the way.... one of the very hard lessons that Americans will learn in the next several years is this: Contrary to what you have been conditioned to buy into by the soaring rhetorical flourishes of your grandiloquent, magnanimous political Dear Leader, there is no such thing as "free". 

Please- get that out of your vocabulary and out of your mind. There is no such thing as a "free lunch" or "free health care". 

Voting your government the power to give you unearned "free stuff"- provided by the unrewarded work of some, or paid for by the confiscated money or property *earned* by others - does not make it "free". In fact, it comes at a huge price. 

By granting your government the power to violate the individual rights of *some*- to their own life, liberty, property and pursuit of happiness, you empower you thereby grant  government  the unlimited power to violate the individual rights of all - yours and everyone's - as well as your freedom.

By putting control of your money and of all health care dollars into the hands of federal bureaucrats in the form of "socially collectivized public resources", you have now given them total control over your health care decisions, and completely disempowered yourself -and your doctor- to participate in and decide your own individual medical care. 

Now, everything I just said above about "free" notwithstanding, the above "piece of my mind" was completely "free"- albeit at the *cost* of your time. 

However, the rest of the actual published article- and the valuable doctor's advice it contains-  is not - since a lot of time, money  and intellectual effort went into its creation and publication. 

It is ,however, well worth the mere pittance charged. It is, in fact,  some of the best medical advice that your own money is still able to buy under ObamaCare-  a system where you will soon discover that the "right" to "free" health care promised to you by a "benevolent" federal government- and paid for by your fellow man - is quite different from the ability to actually obtain medical advice and medical services when you need them. 

To stand in line ( ...you'll need get used to this...) to purchase the rest of the article, please go HERE.