From a disability perspective, it seems that that I have been put on hold as a person with a disability. There has been a great deal of hoopla over the supposed coverage of this health care reform bill and how pre-existing conditions, such as the ones I personally experience, will no longer be an issue now that the health care reform bill has passed. I am a person who experiences disabilities that include epilepsy, diabetes type II, and osteoarthritis.

The bulk of the benefits from health care reform are not due to take effect until after Mr. Obama’s term in office, something that was perhaps cunningly calculated to give his administration the potential to avoid any fallout from potential trouble with the new health care system the reform may present. It also means that I, as a person with disabilities, will not witness any real benefits from health care reform for years. As a person with disabilities who has managed to find some level of employment, despite the horrendous level of unemployment among this nation’s largest minority, people with disabilities, I will be required to pay a certain level of taxes in association with health care reform although I am not getting any benefits from health care reform for years. Where does this tax money go?

There is enormous potential for the government to use this tax money on something that they deem is, ‘a dire emergency related to the U.S. economy,’ something the Obama administration is known for. America is now so in debt to China that the nation of China is bound to come knocking on the door, so to speak, at some point. It would not surprise me at all if the Obama administration takes the tax money people have paid into health care reform over the next few years and pays it to China. There are many ways the tax money people put into health care reform could be used; the government raided Social Security for decades, how can they be trusted with years of tax money for health care reform?

While the nation of America has been a holdout from the nationalized health care other industrial nation have, in looking at the health care systems these other nation present to their citizens I can understand why. The NHS in England is a travesty, with medical staff that neglect people and filthy hospitals. Waiting for health care services is commonplace, and denial of everything from medications to durable medical equipment is as well. I do not look forward to hearing even more of the dreaded statement, ‘Sorry, that medication/medical equipment/health care service is unavailable or costs too much.’

America has a new form of counselor now as well; the, ‘End of Life Counselor.’ In my opinion, the very existence of such a position in relation to health care says everything about health care reform. The focus is not on the provision of health care where I, as a person with a disability, am concerned. It is more on my death. Any new law that requires me to meet with such a, ‘counselor,’ will find me reading a book as I spit out the most vanilla-bland, ‘yes,’ and, ‘no,’ answers while refusing to even acknowledge their humanity, or even look them in the face. There is no law that requires me to even acknowledge that such a, ‘counselor,’ is even human – they are not. If such a meeting with an, ‘End of Life counselor,’ is not required by law, they can sit and spin – they will never see me.

The Obama administration has now taken on the burden of responsibility for the entire health care industry in America. Anything at all that goes wrong related to health care in this nation will fall on their shoulders. Whether or not this health care reform is due to begin, people who do not receive the health care they expect to will no longer complain about insurance companies, or ‘that doctor,’ or ‘arrg Medicare.’ Instead they will say, ‘so much for health care reform,’ and connect that directly to the Democrats and Mr. Obama. The administration in office and Mr. Obama have placed an enormous burden on themselves, and damaged the entire Democrat party in the process for decades to come.

The Obama administration so hurriedly bribed, ‘arm-twisted,’ and manipulated the health care reform bill through that they did not adequately plan for the actual administration of the health care associated with it. Certain parts of health care reform are already in place, having been enacted the instant Mr. Obama signed the bill into law – yet there is absolutely nothing in place to support it on the part of this administration. This administration has been so drunk on power that it has not bothered to plan for the actual administration of the health care is shoved through against the wishes of massive populations in America.

Throughout the entire process of developing health care reform, I – as a person with disabilities, have been endlessly referred to as a, ‘Senior,’ in any statements regarding Medicare. I find it highly offensive that Mr. Obama and this administration have completely excluded this nation’s largest minority of greater than fifty-million people with disabilities in any discussion of health care reform. The entire piece of legislation is absolutely filthy with disregard for people with disabilities, ignoring our input while putting into place token item meant to appease us. There was no discussion; and with a high-hand this administration arrested ADAPT members who struggled to gain a voice for the Community Choice Act; something I find to be stunningly despicable.

Mr. Obama, who campaigned on, ‘Hope and Change,’ has instead pursued a path of, ‘Shut up and do what you are told.’ He has turned into an administration with no respect whatsoever for the millions upon millions of people with disabilities who are among the largest consumers of health care in this nation – he won’t even acknowledge us as a group. He can’t even seem to say the words, ‘People with Disabilities.’ In fact – he has presented himself on national television, belittling people with intellectual disabilities, just like Rahm Emanual, a member of his administration. I feel that I have been lied to; repeatedly, by this administration. I feel that I have been avoided by Mr. Obama and this administration. I feel that Mr. Obama and this administration have deliberately silenced my voice, as a person with disabilities, in regards to my number one concern – health care reform. My reaction can only be one of immense disapproval for Mr. Obama and this administration.