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Shock: Inside the Healthcare Bill
Economic Policy Journal ^ | 7/20/09 | Robert Wenzel

Posted on 07/21/2009 7:14:12 AM PDT by FromLori

Edited on 07/21/2009 1:37:04 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Following the mad recommendations of Peter Singer made in NYT's Sunday magazine, it pays to take a look at what is actually in the healthcare bill.

It's worse than you can possibly imagine. Somehow, it manages to be Singer on steroids. Who wrote this bill. It has Singer's footprints all over it.

Peter Fleckstein (aka Fleckman) is reading it and has been posting on Twitter his findings. This is from his postings (Note: All comments are Fleckman's)


Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!

Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benes u get

Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!


Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose UR HC Benefits 4 you. U have no choice!

PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - HC will be provided 2 ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise

Pg 58HC Bill - Govt will have real-time access 2 individs finances & a National ID Healthcard will b issued!

Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 ur banks accts 4 elect. funds transfer

PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan 4 retirees and their families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN).

Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange 2 bring priv HC plans under Govt control.

PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Govt mandates ALL benefit pkgs 4 priv. HC plans in the Exchange

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration ur Healthcare!

PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Govt mandates linguistic approp svcs. Example - Translation 4 illegal aliens

Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps 2 sign up indiv. for Govt HC plan

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Ben Levels 4 Plans. #AARP members - U Health care WILL b rationed

-PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible Indiv. will b automat.enrolled in Medicaid. No choice

pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monop

pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The Govt will tell YOU what u can make.

Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into pub opt plan. NO CHOICE

Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay 4 HC 4 part time employees AND their families.

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Emplyr w payroll 400k & above who does not prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll

pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll btw 251k & 400k who doesnt prov. pub. opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll

Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesnt have acceptable HC accrdng 2 Govt will be taxed 2.5% of inc

Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from indiv. taxes. (Americans will pay)

Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access 2 ALL Americans finan/pers recs

PG 203 Line 14-15 HC - "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that

Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician svcs 4 Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected

Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, doesnt matter what specialty u have, you'll all be paid the same

PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr's time, prof judg, etc. Literally value of humans.

PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries

PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs

PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals 4 what Govt deems preventable readmissions.

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admiss that results in a readmiss-Govt will penalize u.

Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Drs. what/how much they can own.

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand

pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have oppt to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can u say ACORN?!!

Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Govt mandates estab. of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority 2 disqual Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing peeps in2 Govt plan

Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs ppl! WTF. My sis has down syndrome!!

Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy - Telehealth Advisory Cmtte. Can u say HC by phone?

PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides apprvd list of end of life resources, guiding u in death

PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program 4 orders 4 end of life. The Govt has a say in how ur life ends

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An "adv. care planning consult" will b used frequently as patients health deteriorates

PG 429 Lines 10-12 "adv. care consultation" may incl an ORDER 4 end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOV

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment u will have at end of life

Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Svcs here!!?

Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based org. Like ACORN?

PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt in2 ur marriage

Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Svcs including defining, creating, rationing those svcs

Here's the full Health Care bill that sits in the House.


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To: FromLori
0bamaCare Bill no one has read

WHO WROTE IT?

121 posted on 07/21/2009 12:50:15 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama, the first ever 3 in a half year, lame duck TOTUS)
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To: houeto

Thanks for posting; even if the format is tough to read it’s NOT hard to get the gist of it.

I went to they guy’s twitter page & he’s about to page 700 of the bill.

ALSO, BE AWARE that there is an “Amendment in the Nature of a Substitution” coming, here, and that substitution doesn’t HAVE to share the same language as the text being critiqued here.

See this link for more:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1712:energy-and-commerce-markup-on-hr-3200-the-americas-affordable-health-choices-act-of-2009&catid=141:full-committee&Itemid=85


122 posted on 07/21/2009 12:50:24 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Ma dolate zoor nemikhaim! | Peace guaranteed by superior firepower.)
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To: hoosiermama; Quix; mojitojoe

ping


123 posted on 07/21/2009 12:53:00 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama, the first ever 3 in a half year, lame duck TOTUS)
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To: TheZMan; FromLori

I hate textspeak with a passion too... but transcribing the greatest hits from this abomination couldn’t have been easy. I sincerely appreciate the time and effort that went into this.


124 posted on 07/21/2009 12:55:53 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: TheZMan; FromLori

I hate textspeak with a passion too... but transcribing the greatest hits from this abomination couldn’t have been easy. I sincerely appreciate the time and effort that went into this.


125 posted on 07/21/2009 12:57:26 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: HKMk23

Can you post from 500-700?


126 posted on 07/21/2009 12:57:42 PM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: no-s

So if all physicians become govenment employees, and you can’t sue the federal government, where are the trial lawyers on this proposal??? Is the government going to pick up the tab for the hundred of thousands of dollars a year for medical malpractic premiums??


127 posted on 07/21/2009 1:00:06 PM PDT by Semperfiwife (Health "care" - by the same folks who run Amtrak and the post office)
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To: Semperfiwife

Iam not sure but maybe it will be like military dependents not being allowed to sue their medical care providers.


128 posted on 07/21/2009 1:03:41 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama, the first ever 3 in a half year, lame duck TOTUS)
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To: woollyone

You go every five years to discuss with a government official (by then all physicians will be govenment employees) and decide if you want antibiotics, food, water if you get “real” sick (there is no clear definition on that yet) So when you do get ill, stay at home and die please. And remember that Obama loves you. But please, die fast. He is in a hurry. If you happen to recuperate on your own using old wive’s treatments, fine, you haven’t cost the government health care plan. But you are using up Social Security funds so, yeah, die, quick.


129 posted on 07/21/2009 1:03:56 PM PDT by Semperfiwife (Health "care" - by the same folks who run Amtrak and the post office)
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To: FromLori

Umm....F That!!!


130 posted on 07/21/2009 1:05:02 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (War is when the government tells u who the bad guy is. Revolution is when u decide that for yourself)
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To: nutmeg

We KNEW this before he was elected. Now, we have to hope it is defeated. This is like waking up from a nightmare...that old Twilight Zone episode about becoming “OBSOLETE.”
I’ll bet some Freeper will be able to post a photo of
Burgess Meredith. In the meantime, here’s the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Obsolete_Man


131 posted on 07/21/2009 1:05:38 PM PDT by stanz (Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
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To: FromLori

This is ridiculous


132 posted on 07/21/2009 1:06:10 PM PDT by Def Conservative (Obama is a joke.)
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To: penelopesire

58HC Bill - Govt will have real-time access 2 individs finances & a National ID Healthcard will b issued!

Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 ur banks accts 4 elect. funds transfer

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Real time access finances and bank accounts?

The more I read of this bill, the more my heart grows cold. This has got to be stopped.


133 posted on 07/21/2009 1:06:49 PM PDT by KittenClaws ("The state rubs the lotion on its skin, then it places the lotion in the basket". ~ Dead)
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To: TheZMan

These came off a Twitter page. You are allowed only 140 characters per post.

Hence the txtng styl.

Try to get goverment-ese down to 140 characters to make a point...even less when you have to provide page number and line number.


134 posted on 07/21/2009 1:07:36 PM PDT by hattend (Sarah Palin has run a fishing business, a city, and a state. All Obama has done is run his mouth.)
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To: TheZMan

These are his Twitter posts (tweets) which are limited to 140 characters.


135 posted on 07/21/2009 1:09:33 PM PDT by Jen ("Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve standing army, enslaved press & disarmed populace.")
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To: lonevoice

ping


136 posted on 07/21/2009 1:11:25 PM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: hoosiermama
I think I FINALLY got an answer to my question of what their definition of small business is that is exempt from government health insurance.

PAYROLL THAT DOES NOT EXCEED $250,000

Look at Page 3 of 4 here

NEXT QUESTION: It seems as though eventually everyone will be on government insurance (if they change jobs,move,drop their current insurance) so why do they bother excempting anyone? i e.... the only REAL exemption that is GRANDFATHERED OUT is MILITARY and MILITARY DEPENDENTS. So why are they faking the illusion of any small business?

137 posted on 07/21/2009 1:13:26 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama, the first ever 3 in a half year, lame duck TOTUS)
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To: FromLori
"PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - HC will be provided 2 ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise "

BACKDOOR AMNESTY, HERE WE COME!

138 posted on 07/21/2009 1:16:06 PM PDT by matthew fuller (FUBHO)
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To: FromLori

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides apprvd list of end of life resources, guiding u in death
________________________________________________

Ya haf ta wait in line to die...

Hey wait yer turn !!!!


139 posted on 07/21/2009 1:18:11 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: nutmeg

bump! call Dodd off the hook!


140 posted on 07/21/2009 1:18:51 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama, the first ever 3 in a half year, lame duck TOTUS)
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