Herding the Sheeple into Government-Controlled Health Care

Herding the Sheeple into Government-Controlled Health Care

On July 3, while most Americans were abandoning their cubicles early in anticipation of a long holiday weekend, the Obama administration made an important announcement.

It declared that it would delay enforcement of the employer mandate provision of Obamacare—which forces large employers to provide affordable healthcare for their employees or else pay a significant penalty per worker—by one year.

Sounds like good news, right? Businesses are undoubtedly relieved. But putting aside the questionable legality of selectively enforcing any law (Obamacare, as signed into law, unequivocally requires this mandate to take effect on January 1, 2014), the Obama administration's actions seem strange. Why would a president who has been so hostile to business up until now suddenly decide to grant a reprieve?

Some mainstream media outlets cite the complexity of the law and the need for more time to meet its requirements. Others spin the delay as a deliberate favor to businesses which have been dreading the arrival of the mandate. Still others describe it as political cover for Democrats in the 2014 midterm elections, who don't want to give ammunition to voters opposed to Obamacare.

While each explanation may contain a grain of truth, there is much more to the story, as our guest author will explain.

Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. has been an independent physician since 1985. In 2009, upon realizing that the US was marching toward socialized health care, she took to studying the ins and outs of government-run healthcare systems in places like Britain and Canada. She has been writing and speaking on the topic of Obamacare ever since. As a doctor, she possesses the rare combination of intimate knowledge of both the medical system and Obamacare's provisions, uniquely qualifying her to weigh in on this topic.

Importantly, Dr. Vliet's article today only addresses the tip of the Obamacare iceberg.

The delivery of medical care in this country is changing in unprecedented ways, most of them bad. I interviewed Doctor Vliet about how Obamacare will affect the quality, cost, and availability of medical care, how it threatens patient privacy, and much more in an upcoming The Casey Report special report. Subscribers to The Casey Report will receive this special report in their email boxes later this week.

Dr. Vliet will also be speaking on the topic of Obamacare at our Casey Research Summit on October 4-6 in Tucson, Arizona. She is also co-chair of the Men's Health and Aging Conference, which will be held immediately following our Casey conference in Tucson. Her conference will also focus on how to preserve one's health in the face of increasing government control of medical care. View the conference agenda, and if you're interested in attending, register before August 1 to receive an early-bird discount.

Enjoy, and see you next week.

Dan Steinhart
Managing Editor of The Casey Report