When President Obama ran for office, I considered voting for him; I really, truly did. He has a very appealing personality, and he actually spoke with People who experience Disabilities in America, something that impressed me.

But when he spoke of involving the government in health care to a greater degree than it already is, a huge red flag arose in my mind. As a person who has dealt with both Medicare and the VA health care systems over years of time, I have run into that block of, ‘Sorry, that medication is not available, even in generic form,’ or, ‘Sorry, that particular piece of medical equipment simply costs too much.’

I am a veteran with disabilities, and I am not the only person with disabilities in America, not by far. There are greater than fifty-million people in America who experience a form of disability, making us this nation’s largest minority. The population of people with disabilities is separate from the population of seniors in America, bear that in mind. We are; however, a part of every other population of citizens in America. We are your family members, we are your friends and neighbors. We are the soldiers who have served this nation.

Now, as the Obama administration attempts to pass the Health Care Reform Bill, I am filled with an immense anxiety. Why? Because I know that greater government involvement on any level whatsoever means a greater focus on cost-cutting and cost-regulation, whether such regulation is reflected through the insurance industry or directly. What this means to people with disabilities such as myself is that when I go to a hospital; when I go to the doctor - when I need a prescription or medical supplies, the chance that I will meet that statement of, ‘Sorry, that particular medication or medical supply is not available or too expensive,’ is greatly increased. Health Care Reform means that a base set of government-perceived, ‘acceptable,’ medications and supplies will be established as being cost-effective.

While Mr. Obama and this administration is truly attempting to do something they view as positive for the American people as a whole, they apparently do not understand that as they do so they are enabling a form of, ‘back-door genocide,’ in the process. People with chronic health conditions, ie. disabilities, are going to die because of these standards related to cost-effectiveness and regulation. For seniors and people with disabilities, this health care reform bill may very well be a death sentence.

Meanwhile, The Obama administration is frustrated with Mr. Obama’s social appeal, and the increase in insurance rates for particular individuals in this nation. I would apologize for appearing to lack any sense of concern for either of this administration’s concerns related to these, ‘issues,’ but they seem rather petty in comparison to what I have mentioned, and what this administration is attempting to do to people with disabilities such as myself. When you are facing the choice between denial of the very health care this Health Care Reform Bill is supposed to provide and an, ‘End of Life Counselor,’ Mr. Obama’s social appeal and the insurance rates of particular individuals do not seem all that important.