https://freerepublic.com/tag/hhsslushfund/ en-us Thu, 30 May 2013 21:50:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3025551/posts A little-noticed part of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act channels some $12.5 billion into a vaguely defined “Prevention and Public Health Fund” over the next decade–and some of that money is going for everything from massage therapists who offer “calming techniques,” to groups advocating higher state and local taxes on tobacco and soda, and stricter zoning restrictions on fast-food restaurants. The program, which is run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has raised alarms among congressional critics, who call it a “slush fund,” because the department can spend the money as it sees fit and without... Forbes https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3025551/posts#comment Thu, 30 May 2013 21:50:04 GMT