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An ominous cog in the Obamacare meat grinder----the inexorable forcing of Grandma/pa onto Medicaid--(like cattle herded single-file onto the narrow ramp---knowing the bolt is coming---but not able to do a thing about it).

Medicaid conveniently groups together the sick and elderly---as Obama's IPAB board of radical Boobamba worshippers sit in judgment.

TRANSLATION Here's Boobamba's Orwellian-speak---the progressive way of saying "Obamacare keeps costs down."

The infamous "Death Panels---are alive and well----but they're not called death panels......for obvious reasons.

The treacherous Obama euphemistically calls his death panel "I-PAB---- Individual Payment Advisory Board."

---the I-PAB decides what to pay and who to pay---thus rationing medical care to sick oldsters.

THE FORWARD PLAN Obamacare "allows" states to expand their Medicaid recipients pool. Washington now covers about 1/2 the cost of today's pre-Obamacare Medicaid enrollees.

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What is I-PAB? FReeper Jim Noble posted:

When you find out about IPAB, you will absolutely not believe it - but it’s real. It is a new type of government agency. You know how the EPA, the IRS, the FCC, etc. are the “fourth branch”?

IPAB (Independent Payment Advisory Board) is the first agency of the “fifth branch” of govt.

1) It will make all important health care decisions by authorizing payment or not.
2) It is not funded by Congress and cannot have its budget reviewed or changed.
3) Its membership cannot be changed by future Presidents,
4) It cannot be repealed by Congress, except for a six month window in 2017.
5) Its decisions are not subject to judicial review.
6) It is not authorized by the Constitution, and is therefore immune to Constitutional processes.

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Why is Obamacre herding seniors WITH ASSETS onto Medicaid---a program structured for the poor?

Can you say redistribution of wealth?

Herding the elderly with assets into Medicaid has ominous consequences intriguing to the left. B/c assets, perhaps a home owned free and clear, securities, annuities, investment property, can be seized to pay for govt treatment.

Thus intergenerational transfers of wealth (longtime progressive bugaboo)----are decimated.