A Time Machine to the Future of Obamacare.

By D.C.

 Imagine it's 2018,You open the morning "paper" on your i-Pad.This is the headline story;

 Aug.24,2018-Washington D.C.  "Health Care Plan Falls Ill." The model healthcare system is overwhelmed and struggling for cash.

 The nation's respected health-care system is highly socialized. It’s also on the verge of going broke.

 Now, hobbled by mismanagement, the system has become overwhelmed by a burgeoning population that includes an increasing number of elderly and new immigrants who rely on the public system for care.

 

 A damming report by a public health agency, found that the nation's social security system,spent greater sums than ever on health care even as service in public hospitals faltered.

 At hospitals considered among the nation’s finest, waiting lists run painfully long. A list of patients awaiting biopsies at one hospital reached 11,000 last year.The long wait times sway patients with means to opt for faster care in private clinics.

“The (budget) shortage can no longer be covered by the current system, and any temporary solution will do nothing more than worsen the problem and the future situation of the institution,” the president said.

 Much of the blame for the shortfall has fallen on previous managers. Under the former chief’s watch, the public health system hired thousands of new workers and hiked wages. Pay for sick leave and overtime also ran up the bills. Social-security revenue, meanwhile, failed to keep pace.

 The president has vowed to rescue the system, ordering cash injections and setting up a committee to draw up a report on suggested reforms. There’s no word on when the report might be released, and it will take time to implement any changes it might suggest.

 In the meantime,the nearest public hospital to the capital, has slashed its emergency-room hours due to budget troubles. For now, it seems that deep reform is stuck in the waiting room.

 Is this a right wing,fear mongering,story to discredit Obamacare? No,the story is real,it's about the failing Costa Rican socialized healthcare system.All of the above quotes are taken from the story,"Costa Rica's health care falls ill",by Alex Leff,Aug.24,2011,is in GlobalPost,a left wing international news service.

 Costa Rica is (or at least was) one of the best governed and most productive of the Latin American countries.With a population of less than 5 million,they can't manage a socialized health system and it's bankrupting the country.

 This is the future of Obamacare.Imagine the United States,with over 300 million people,the size of the dysfunction in the government system will be enormous.

 Even if the Supreme Court rules that the individual mandate part of Obamacare is unconstitutional,Obamacare still must be repealed.The sooner the better,2018 is not that far away.