Guaranteed Health Care. NOT.

I was right about Obamacare. Before our representatives voted on the Affordable Care Act, I published that this wasn't a healthcare bill, that it was an IRS bill. The Supreme Court later agreed with me.

I also observed that this law does not guarantee health care for all. It only guarantees health insurance coverage for all. Whether one wants it or not. 

I was not aware that Medicaid could be forced upon an unwilling citizen. But it can, or you can be denied health care. I have seen someone's health care held hostage to applying for Medicaid. Yep. Treatment denied unless they applied. Even when they were willing to pay for their medical care.

Now, this person has gotten ill with that nasty cough that has characterized this year's cold season. Two weeks into the illness, complications arose resulting in repeated, sudden airway obstruction during inhalation. After a doctor visit and two ER visits, a referral was made to a specialist. This patient got a diagnosis, and treatment was prescribed: treatment by a speech pathologist is required to correct the airway problems and loss of voice. But, alas, the treatment is not available right away.

Yep. This person cannot be treated for at least two weeks, until the speech pathologist calls and sets up an appointment. Meanwhile, this patient's airway locks shut several times a day. This patient cannot speak. For three weeks now. And the obstruction is getting worse, it is now happening during exhale and inhale. Watching someone choke for air is not a pretty sight. Pat the head, go home, don't call us, we'll call you.

This patient has health coverage now, but no guarantee of health care. Why am I not surprised? And why do the proponents of this law find nothing wrong with this? Can it be because this is the desired outcome?

This was foreseeable. I foresaw it. Didn't you?