One of the talking points that President Obama has hit time and time again (including Monday in Ohio) has been the old "if you like your current insurance you can keep it" meme.  Many have argued that the way that the bills that came out of the House AND the Senate were written in such a way as to discourage employers from providing their employees health insurance.  Defenders of the President's plan have long poo-poo'd that argument.  Well that discussion was recently (and painfully) brought home to the Logical household

The Logical Husband works for a medium to large multi state business.  While they don't make the multi-billions that some companies do, they make enough that they can (and do) take good care of their employees.  While they have been immune from many of the pressures that plagued their competitors over the last 10 years, they have not been immune from the latest economic downturn.  They have had to lay off many (mostly management) employees over the last year and they have cut expenses where they could.  A couple of weeks ago, the CEO of this company was in town to talk to the sales/support office here in Utah on the state of the company.  Most of the report was apparently good, but the only thing that the Logical Husband remembered about the whole report was the FACT that the health insurance plan that we have through his employer - the one we like so much - will be TAKEN AWAY FROM US if health care reform passes.  You see, we are not fortunate enough to be SEIU and our "cadillac" health insurance plan will be taxed so badly that the company will no longer be able to afford to pay for it.

So who is perpuating a lie here?  Certainly not Sarah Palin and the Tea Party protestors that's for sure.  And as more and more voters have these same kinds of meetings with their employers you will see the number of people who disapprove of this plan grow.

Oh and here is yet another benefit of ObamaCare....

What if nearly half of all physicians in America stopped practicing medicine? While a sudden loss of half of the nations physicians seems unlikely, a very dramatic decrease in the physician workforce could become a reality as an unexpected side effect of health reform.

The Medicus Firm, a national physician search firm based in Dallas and Atlanta, conducted a survey of over 1,000 physicians to determine their expectations as to the impact of health reform on their practices, income, job satisfaction, and future career plans. In discussing career plans as part of the recruitment process, physicians have increasingly expressed apprehension and uncertainty regarding health reform’s impact on their practices, and The Medicus Firm wished to investigate this trend further…

A total of 1,195 physicians from various specialties and career levels in locations nationally completed the survey.

The results from the survey, entitled “Physician Survey: Health Reform’s Impact on Physician Supply and Quality of Medical Care,” were intriguing, particularly in light of the most recently published career projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS predicts a more than a 22 percent increase in physician jobs during the ten-year period ending in 2018. This places physician careers in the top 20 fastest-growing occupations from 2008 to 2018. Meanwhile, nearly one-third of physicians responding to the survey indicated that they will want to leave medical practice after health reform is implemented.

Emphasis in the original.  All I can say (to President Obama and Congress) is gee thanks guys.  Thanks for the rationing that you said would NEVER EVER happen.....