As ObamaCare gets closer and closer to implementation, the moochers are lining up to get a piece of the pie. We’ve already seen progressives whining for coverage for contraception. But that is only the beginning.
The American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is now lobbying the Department of Health and Human Services to have acupuncture classified as an “essential health benefit” under ObamaCare. If the group is successful, insurance companies will be forced to provide coverage for such treatment. And consumers will be forced to pay for coverage that they may not want and will not use.
While many details of ObamaCare remain unknown, we do know that more and more groups will come forward begging for some provision, classification, or special favor. When they realize that they can use government coercion to achieve what they could not do voluntarily, we will be subjected to a parade of drooling brutes armed with a torrent of sob stories.
And through all of this, insurance companies will helplessly sit by while politicians and petty bureaucrats decide their fate. Their customers will watch premiums skyrocket as insurance companies are forced to cover those with pre-existing conditions and provide coverage for everything from aphid infestation to low self-esteem. The only thing that won’t be covered is the raping and pillaging that ObamaCare is about to unleash.