Soooo confused

This post was started during the government shutdown.  However due to the fact that regardless of what all the new agers say, time is not endless and abundant. There truthfully are only so many hours in a day. And the older one gets, the days & nights seem to get shorter and shorter. Until, of course, one hits the age of institutionalization. Then time lingers on like an unwanted house guest. But, with my luck when i (god forbid) hit that age, I will most likely be too blind, deaf, demented to finish any blog post, or anything for that matter. So, I will do so now regardless that the topic is no longer timely. 

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First of all, I am about as dumb as a rock these days when it comes to current events. There is too much stuff happening all the time and just not enough time to pay attention.

However, I am going to give my opinion on the current government shutdown  situation & "Obamacare" anyway. I mean, shoot, if news stations can report about on things that they know nothing about, I can surely opine on these things as well.

So, here is my question - Why do people hate health care and the idea of the working poor getting health care. And why are the cons still fighting the Affordable Health Care Act (aka Obamacare) when it was already passed into law and then upheld by the Supreme Court? I mean, it shouldn't have even gone to the Supreme Court.  Do they need to a refresher on how the system, their system,  works?

Here ya go.

I mean the Supreme Court once chose a president for god's sake. The cons were certainly happy with that. 

Is this health care law perfect? Hell no. It seems quite imperfect from how little i understand of it. But here is the thing. The Affordable Health Care Act is the result of Obama's big compromise with the cons. Yes - compromise. The Republicans tore apart the original bill and reassembled it into the mess we have today. Obama accepted it because, well, I don't know. Because something is better than nothing? Get something in the works and improve upon it later? I really don't know how we got this mess of a bill. But, something is better than nothing. This is true. 

See, here is the thing I really don't understand. Why the hate? Why the feeling that poor people are undeserving of basic medical care? Now, I'm not talking about the poorest of us - the person who survives totally on welfare & does not work at all. You know why? Those people have health care. Very good health care. They usually have Medicaid. Their medical expenses are paid for by the government.  I do not begrudge welfare recipients their health care. Everybody should be able to go to the doctor. 

(Do I think some people play the system? Absolutely! Do I think that often welfare recipients could work if they wanted to? Yes, but that is a moot point in today's economy. Jobs are not plentiful. And well paying jobs are pretty scarce. Again, regardless of what the new agers say about "pulling money towards you," "doing what you love," etc. At this point in time, finding one job that pays a livable wage is challenging for many people. And often those companies do not offer health care. )

The other side of this is the elderly people who have Medicare. Most are retired and have paid into the system for the majority of their adult lives. However, we are still talking about government sponsored health care. If, god forbid, they end up having to spend the end of their days institutionalized, who picks up the bill once their money runs out? Medicaid .... the govern...... err, well ... the taxpayers. 

So, we have people who are unemployed on Medicaid and the elderly who receive Medicare. Both of these are government funded programs. So, in the cons point of view, we already have limited socialized medicine. 

But then, there is this large number of working people. These folks are trying to be self-sufficient, to put food on the table, pay the bills, etc. And they have no medical insurance. It's not offered by their companies or maybe, they can't afford it. But they are out there trying to make a living, trying to make things happen or simply to keep their heads above water. Trying to be productive tax paying members of society. 

So, why don't they deserve help? I don't understand. Like, I really honestly don't understand the Hate, people. It's o.k. for those who don't work, who don't produce, to have free health care. But those who are trying to play by the rules, to realize the "dream?" Meh. Let them eat hydrogenated oils and bags of white sugar. 

And if this is a smaller government kind of thing. A belief that "people are corporations" and should be allowed to do as they please, then why aren't the anti-health people  angry with corporations? You have to know that if we allow corporations to do as they please, they are NOT going to do the right thing. That is why there are regulations. 

To recap - I don't understand the hatred and indifference towards the underemployed. And if anyone would like to explain this craziness to me, I would love to hear it.