P-BOcare, let's face it, it's only a matter of time

Conservatives should not start a victory lap if the Supreme Court acts rationally and strikes down the federal mandate portion of P-BOcare. The mandate is only how the thing is paid for. No doubt the P-BO and his cohort of brain dead Demo-Dopes can find a way to add the costs of P-BOcare to the deficit. Or they can continue to implement portions of the monstrosity that do not require funds. They can order the insurance companies to provide coverage for free. Or they can foist it off on employers.


One thing we know for certain is that Demo-Dopes are relentless in their pursuit of taking from people who earn money and giving it to people who do not. You can bet Demo-Dopes are conspiring right now on how to implement the program if the mandate is struck down. The P-BO Affirmative Action Press or AAP (aka AP) says this:

President Barack Obama's health care law would not automatically collapse if the Supreme Court strikes down the unpopular requirement that most Americans carry medical insurance or face a penalty.


The overhaul could still lurch ahead without that core requirement, experts say. But it would be more like a clunky collection of parts than a coherent whole.


That would make an already complicated law a lot harder to carry out, risking repercussions for a U.S. health care system widely seen as wasteful, unaffordable and unable to deliver consistently high quality.


Premiums could jump for people buying coverage individually, and for small businesses. That's because other provisions of the law require insurance companies to accept people with health problems, and limit the premiums that can be charged to older adults.

If it’s even imaginable, P-BOcare would be whole lot more convoluted if the Supremes stuck down the mandate and let the remainder of the bill stand. Our only hope is that the thing is struck down in its entirety. Even then you can imagine Demo-Dopes have P-BOcare 2.0 already on the shelf and ready for unveiling in the 2012 campaign. The slogan will be – They stole your healthcare. That would be the same healthcare that you never had. That would be the same healthcare that you wouldn’t buy because the new ipad came out. That would be the same healthcare you never intend to buy because it’s not fair that you have to spend your money on something that is a “human right.” Besides, if it’s free, nobody really pays for it, right?

Now the Republicans are a different bunch. If the mandate is struck down they will try to cooperate with the Demo-Dopes to enact the remainder of the bill. If the bill struck down in its entirety, the RepubliRats will cooperate with the Demo-Dope to fashion a new bill. If the Supremes do nothing and let the bill stand the RepubliRats will shrug and say that they did their best. The Supreme Court has spoken. There is really nothing we can do.

So to recap. The Demo-Dopes will be relentless in their quest for socialized medicine. The RepubliRats will resist them only insofar as necessary to win their next election.

Bottom line, unless we throw 90% of the bums out, we’re screwed.