Posted on 09/10/2009 9:41:09 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Kevin Mooney of the Washington Examiner has a piece from Sept. 2 that warns that H.R. 3200, the House healthcare bill, gives special consideration to union bosses for positions on various healthcare management boards.
This means that Barack Obama is handing official government power to union bosses!
Sections 123 and 2251 of H.R. 3200, the version of Obamacare being pushed by House Democratic leaders, are of particular concern, according to NRTWC, because they could put union-backed appointees on new government committees that recommend mandatory health insurance benefits provided by private insurers, and personnel policies the bill describes as necessary "to ensure quality and adequacy" of the nation's health care workers.This is nothing but raw political payback. It has nothing whatever to do with "insurance," or "healthcare," or any legitimate attempt to save money and cut costs. In fact, with union bosses heading things up it is likely that costs will soar as they pad the plan with goodies to their friends.
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
One aspect of the “public option” that’s gone undiscussed is the role of federal antitrust regulators. The FTC already claims the right to nullify private insurer-provider contracts if the mid-level staff lawyers at FTC decide the physicians are being paid too much. Imagine what they’ll do once they’re “protecting” the public option from physicians’ “anticompetitive” behavior. Indeed, the FTC recently fired a warning shot at Congress, telling the people’s elected representatives not to interfere with the FTC’s God-given right to control physician prices.
And why did the FTC even fire a warning shot? Because there is a bill, introduced by Ron Paul, that would strip the FTC of its powers to nullify physician contracts.
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