Running late on the EARLY act (ObamaCare misses two initial deadlines)

Although it’s racing to roll out consumer-friendly aspects of the health care law before November’s midterm elections, the Obama administration has just missed the deadlines to set up task forces on breast cancer and health care in Alaska.

The health care law required Health and Human Services to establish the breast cancer task force by last weekend and the Alaska task force by the first week of May. But sources familiar with the situation said the department isn’t even close to having the two panels ready.

The missed deadlines underscore the administrative challenge in implementing a health reform law so broad that it requires cooperation from a wide swath of the federal bureaucracy, drawing in departments that range from Health and Human Services to Treasury and Justice, as well as from state and local agencies.

“On most pieces of major legislation, the administration tends to be late on some pieces and on time on others,” said Robert Blendon, a professor of health policy at Harvard University. “The critical question is whether they are still behind on these provisions three to six months from now.”

The plan for a breast cancer task force was part of the bill’s Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young, or EARLY, Act. “Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section,” it says, “the secretary, acting through the director of the Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention], shall establish an advisory committee to assist in creating and conducting the education campaigns.”

Multiple sources confirmed that the EARLY Act would not have an advisory committee until this fall and that, as of the 60-day deadline, members had not been selected.

One CDC representative, contacted by POLITICO, was uncertain as to whether the agency had even begun work on the task. “My understanding, with everything regarding that bill, is that it is still with HHS,” said CDC spokeswoman Rhonda Smith. “Right now, we have not made any steps to implement” the act.

The CDC followed up with a statement, clarifying that it has begun work on the EARLY Act, although at a less aggressive pace than the health reform bill laid out.

“CDC is currently talking with stakeholders, researchers and policymakers to ensure a broad, representative group of individuals and organizations to serve in an advisory capacity to CDC to assist in the implementation of the EARLY Act,” the agency said in the statement. “It is expected that CDC will convene the first meeting in the fall of 2010 and will have ongoing interactions and input from individuals and organizations before the first meeting to address issues in preparation for the meeting.”

The EARLY Act was introduced by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat and breast cancer survivor.

EARLY is late?

So, who’s gonna die?

Link to the site is:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37888.html#ixzz0pEIpIYJx

Why can't we get a federal judge to HALT all implementation of this P.O.S. until the courts ajudicate its unconstitutionality?!

You can DAMN WELL BET that if an anti-abortion law were signed, the liberals would have it declared "unenforceable" until the SCOTUS weighed in on the issue!!!!!

Good. As long as they continue to show their incompetence, the easier it will be to repeal the disaster called Obama Care.

Does this mean student loans will be delayed?

the Obama administration has just missed the deadlines to set up task forces on breast cancer and health care in Alaska. The health care law required Health and Human Services to establish the breast cancer task force by last weekend and the Alaska task force by the first week of May.