After Health Care Passage, Obama Pushes to Get It Rolling - "faster than the law requires"

NY Times ^ | Apr 17, 2010 | Jackie Calmes

[SmartInsight]

Mindful that the new health care law’s ability to slow rising medical costs will depend to a great extent on how it is put in effect, President Obama is assembling a high-level team to carry out key elements of the overhaul and is considering moving faster than the law requires to put them into action.

Sebelius has begun work on the first of what will be numerous regulations for Medicare, Medicaid and private health care providers.

The secretary can expand successful ideas nationwide without Congress's permission.

Mr. Obama, whose legacy will be shaped less by the law's passage than by how well it works, has begun marshaling what is "essentially the biggest transformation of government since World War II,"...

But Mr. Obama has urged advisers to consider moving sooner to set up an Independent Payment Advisory Board for controlling Medicare spending. Some administration officials, however, fear that creating the board much before 2014 could prematurely make it a target for attacks of the "death panel" sort, leaving it politically vulnerable before its powers to impose changes take effect.

The board was a top priority for Mr. Obama during the long legislative battle.

[Enchante]

has begun marshaling what is "essentially the biggest transformation of government since World War II,"...

hmmmmmm ... did the Obamanation happen to mention that in long period of ramming this thing down our throats?

[Kozak]

Mr. Obama, whose legacy will be shaped less by the law's passage than by how well it works,

Boy is he screwed. From now on a big steaming pile will be known as an "Obama"....

[historyrepeatz]

Congress repeal and defund? NO. SCOTUS WILL OVERTURN. If they don’t, it’s GOODBYE TO THE CONSTITUTION ONCE AND FOR ALL.

[KTM rider]

the Cloward-Piven strategy of socialist coup is being implemented as we tap away helplessly at the keyboard

[SmartInsight]

“the Cloward-Piven strategy of socialist coup is being implemented as we tap away helplessly at the keyboard”

Hopefully, we can still vote in November, this year at least...

[SuperLuminal]

bttt

[caww]

That’s how it reads to me...this whole administration has only one thing in mind...where is the largest flows of monies and how they can obtain and control it. It is not and never was about the peoples health nor insuring those without ins. Smoke and mirrors is an understatement...

The target, we’ll soon see, is control of the Insurance Industry. Big money there and they are going after it. Note Bidens comment refers to this.

[KTM rider]

Obama and the Democrats idea of "overhaul"

[P-Marlowe]

Send us your sick, diseased, disabled and your disadvantaged, uneducated, undereducated, unemployed, underemployed, unemployable, undocumented, lazy, shiftless, addicts, welfare pimps, race pimps, and poor...

You left out "YEARNING for a FREE government handout"

[SmartInsight]

"administration will be looking for any mechanism or device that can hold down the growth of spending"

Justifying death panels...

[DrC]

“the Cloward-Piven strategy of socialist coup is being implemented as we tap away helplessly at the keyboard”

Maybe, but in light of his flagrantly ignoring public opinion to cram this bill through, overtly speeding up its implementation is like waving a red flag in front of an already-enraged bull. He may hope he can stop the bull with his sword, but he also risks being gored badly. Wouldn’t it be sweet to see Barack Obama GORED in 2010 and 2012?

[gusopol3]

The Cuban model looks very successful to these people— “We ain’t got that treatment, so how can you have it?”

[ExTexasRedhead]

The Fuhrer wants his Final Solution up and running pronto. Anyone think the premeditated Genocide of the Elderly is his top priority???

[ContraryMary]

Obama knows that after the November elections he won’t be able to get anything done. So he’s going to push for everything he can get now.

[tobyhill]

“Some administration officials, however, fear that creating the board much before 2014 could prematurely make it a target for attacks of the “death panel” sort”

So now they admit there will be death panels?

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

“The secretary can expand successful ideas nationwide without Congress’s permission.”

Lord help us. We passed an “Enabling Act”.

[Issaquahking]

President Obama is assembling a high-level team ...
That is Obama speak for you are so screwed! if in doubt look here -

"I'm proposing a $40 million initiative led by a high-level team from the White House, NASA, and other agencies to develop a plan for regional economic growth and job creation. And I expect this plan to reach my desk by Aug. 15. It's an effort that will help prepare this already skilled work force for new opportunities in the space industry and beyond."


America might have to do somehing to slow dow the commie in charge, before November!

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

“The secretary can expand successful ideas nationwide without Congress’s permission.”

Lord help us. We passed an “Enabling Act”.

[pillut48]

The secretary can expand successful ideas nationwide without Congress's permission.

OH NO SHE DIN'T!!! >:-(

Breaking the law to enforce the law?!? Now I've heard everything!! VOTE THIS CORRUPTION OUT OF DC!!!

[stevie_d_64]

Get what “rolling”???

Oh, wait...All those taxes...

All that “reform” can, and will wait, for years...