No, I’m not making this up.
It’s not just that the Carr family will lose their coverage as of June 30, 2014: our insurer
pulled out of the entire freaking Indiana market. We selected the plan two years ago because it
1) met the coverage needs of our employees well, and 2) was a far better
cost-value proposition than the one offered by our previous plan. Yes, that's right, we were able to shop for a better plan way back then. So, why is this insurance going away?
I’m sorry. You didn’t
actually need to ask “why?” and I’m not going to pretend you did.
Last year, I laid out my case as to why we should not rehire
President Obama. You can read about it in this post if you want. To this day, I
don’t believe he’s a bad person, although I’ve come to understand that he truly
doesn’t care one whit about people with my opinions and he certainly doesn’t
want to work with my type. However, his
utter incompetence as an executive leader is glaring.
I vow to continue praying for him.
But now we’re dealing with much, much more than incompetence
and il-suited disposition for office.
Now we have a constitutional issue on our hands because our Dear Non-leader
is panicking.
Folks, President Obama can’t just wave his hand and say
that insurers must now bring back the canceled plans for a year (what exactly
is magical about a year, anyway?). The
Affordable Care Act was passed along party lines, yes, but it was passed and it’s
now the law. It’s mostly a lousy law, it should be scrapped, and
Representative Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that no one among even the key sponsors really knew
what it would bring about, yet it is the law.
But here’s the deal: no one – not even the President – gets to proclaim
which parts of which laws we follow. The
notion that he can now just direct Secretary Sebelius to temporarily waive parts
of that law and instruct Attorney General Holder to turn a blind eye toward
prosecuting its violation isn’t just embarrassing, it’s deeply disturbing. The independence and rule of law - above personalities - is a prerequisite for effective republican democracy.
Then watch this video – it’s 2:57 long and low-budget but offers a really well-reasoned argument.
Sure, these guys are both Republicans, and I get that it's not cool to listen to Republicans now. But, please, just consider their words.
May God help us, may he direct President Obama's steps, and may he not turn his back on us in our
folly.
