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I sure hope the Senators still considering their positions are getting full reports on the 118 new bureaucracies the House bill would create. Some might improve health care, though I doubt it. Most will move more power into the White House, and many will have no effect or detrimental effects on health care. They are the best argument I’ve seen for “government by assassination,” and no, I still don’t advocate “voting” by that method. Almost, but not nearly.
Sec. 224 (p. 118) provides that 18 months after the bill becomes law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services will decide what a "qualified plan" covers and how much you'll be legally required to pay for it. That's like a banker telling you to sign the loan agreement now, then filling in the interest rate and repayment terms 18 months later.No way!
Sec. 303 (pp. 167-168) makes it clear that, although the "qualified plan" is not yet designed, it will be of the "one size fits all" variety. The bill claims to offer choice—basic, enhanced and premium levels. But the benefits are the same, only the co-pays and deductibles differ.Not sure what this means.
Sec. 399V (p. 1422) provides for grants to community "entities" with no required qualifications except having "documented community activity and experience with community healthcare workers" to "educate, guide, and provide experiential learning opportunities" aimed at drug abuse, poor nutrition, smoking and obesity. "Each community health worker program receiving funds under the grant will provide services in the cultural context most appropriate for the individual served by the program.Can you say ACORN and SEIU? "Community health worker" = union member!
These programs will "enhance the capacity of individuals to utilize health services and health related social services under Federal, State and local programs by assisting individuals in establishing eligibility . . . and in receiving services and other benefits" including transportation and translation services.Just imagine what we will pay these SEIU members to provide "transportation and translating services"!
Sec. 222 (p. 617) provides reimbursement for culturally and linguistically appropriate services. This program will train health-care workers to inform Medicare beneficiaries of their "right" to have an interpreter at all times and with no co-pays for language services.Some organization, like ACORN, will get funds for "training" doctors and nurses how to inform patients about their right to an interpreter.
Secs. 2521 and 2533 (pp. 1379 and 1437)establishes racial and ethnic preferences in awarding grants for training nurses and creating secondary-school health science programs. For example, grants for nursing schools should "give preference to programs that provide for improving the diversity of new nurse graduates to reflect changes in the demographics of the patient population." And secondary-school grants should go to schools "graduating students from disadvantaged backgrounds including racial and ethnic minorities."Ugh!
Sec. 1302 (pp. 672-692) moves Medicare from a fee-for-service payment system, in which patients choose which doctors to see and doctors are paid for each service they provide, toward what's called a "medical home." The medical home is this decade's version of HMO-restrictions on care. A primary-care provider manages access to costly specialists and diagnostic tests for a flat monthly fee. The bill specifies that patients may have to settle for a nurse practitioner rather than a physician as the primary-care provider.So, Medicare becomes an HMO and nurse practioners replace the family doctors. A few years ago, Florida tried to make Medicaid an HMO and the recipients screamed bloody murder!
What a load of Socialist garbage!!!
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Round people up and lock them up. It is for their own good. /sarcasm
I don’t agree with the idea of national healthcare to begin with, but strategically, this seems like a suicide bill for Dems. It goes right after Seniors and middle to low income families.
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