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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

This is a joke.. right?


281 posted on 07/21/2009 7:25:08 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts ("To anger a Conservative, lie to him.. To anger a Liberal, tell him the truth.")
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To: Gideon7

Trailing colons will no longer be covered under obamacare...

Ist VERBOTEN!!!


282 posted on 07/21/2009 7:26:54 PM PDT by jurroppi1 (We need to reward the people that carry the water instead of the people that drink the water!)
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To: FromLori; Ohioan from Florida; Goodgirlinred; Miss Behave; cyn; AlwaysFree; amdgmary; ...

283 posted on 07/21/2009 7:28:20 PM PDT by BykrBayb (I am JIMima THOMPSON. ~ Þ)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Thanks for the ping.


284 posted on 07/21/2009 7:28:38 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: divine_moment_of_facts

Well it is a joke all right but the article is real and it is in the bill you can read the bill for yourself at the link on the bottom .


285 posted on 07/21/2009 7:33:53 PM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: FromLori

you’ve got to be kidding.


286 posted on 07/21/2009 7:46:47 PM PDT by BonRad (As Rome goes so goes the world)
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To: ninergold3

Tell him.. We don’t need no stinkin’ Gov’t Health Care! Private insurance would be affordable if we had tort reform and sent illegal immigrants home!


287 posted on 07/21/2009 7:53:29 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts ("To anger a Conservative, lie to him.. To anger a Liberal, tell him the truth.")
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To: FromLori; LucyT; Polarik; ExTexasRedhead; Beckwith; STARWISE; Frantzie; BP2; unspun; ...

Shocking. Abominable. Despicable. Democrats.


288 posted on 07/21/2009 7:57:35 PM PDT by BonRad (As Rome goes so goes the world)
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To: DonaldC
A little revolution every now and then is a good thing.
Be careful what you wish for. The way I see it THEY are the revolutionaries here.
289 posted on 07/21/2009 7:58:10 PM PDT by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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To: FromLori; 185JHP; 230FMJ; 50mm; 69ConvertibleFirebird; Albion Wilde; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; ..
Moral Absolutes Ping!

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290 posted on 07/21/2009 8:01:40 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: FromLori

Read an email from a fellow student who labeled it “Now maybe the insurance companies will lose hold on America” and I’m thinking YOU DUMBIE!! So the people who are working to keep your business for sheer capitalism sake are going to be replaced by GOVERNMENT?

That’s when it hit me. Liberals have an unnatural and childish trust in GOVERNMENT and a mistrust of MONEY.

Why on earth do they hold the opinion that Democrats only want what’s best and Republicans are just greedy. For the life of me, I don’t understand it.

They take the SAME COIN and flip it around. Patriot Act bad because Bush has it, “Preventative Detention” ok, because Obama is doing it. And on it goes.

I just don’t get it.


291 posted on 07/21/2009 8:02:37 PM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out)
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To: BonRad; Fred Nerks; null and void; stockpirate; george76; PhilDragoo; Candor7; BP2; MeekOneGOP; ...

Thanks, BonRad.

Take your blood pressure meds before reading this article.


292 posted on 07/21/2009 8:02:41 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: angelcindy

Obama and his crew are as Fascist as they come.


293 posted on 07/21/2009 8:03:03 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts ("To anger a Conservative, lie to him.. To anger a Liberal, tell him the truth.")
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To: Robert DeLong

So if I’m (an individual) limited to $5,000 for better service how is that not rationing?...it’s actually worse.


294 posted on 07/21/2009 8:05:49 PM PDT by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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To: Gideon7

Practically everything in that list applies to minorities. Reparations by stealth.


295 posted on 07/21/2009 8:18:37 PM PDT by WVNan ( (Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.: Sun Tzu))
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To: BonRad

Call your elected vermin in the House and Senate. Tell them NO and ask them when and where istheir next Town Hall meeting. Tell them you will be there with friends, relatives and neighbors and bring as many people as you can find.

Turn out and speak up. We need to get IN THEIR FACES.

Pitchforks and torches followed by tar and feathers.


296 posted on 07/21/2009 8:20:44 PM PDT by Frantzie (Remember when Bush was President and Americans had jobs (and ammo)?)
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To: FromLori
I ask myself everyday how the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, nsa..varying alphabet govt agency employees can do their jobs. I understand many are stooges, but there HAS to be good people in there...WTF good guys???

Again, I post, I cannot wait for the Fed Govt to FAIL...I will live freer than I ever have. A bonus will be a Fed failure and a PA state failure. TRUE freedom....

297 posted on 07/21/2009 8:25:11 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (When, America?)
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To: Hillary'sMoralVoid

I would like to know who the people were that wrote this monstrosity are. This couldn’t be worse if they set out to destroy health care in the US, which is exactly what they are doing. No wonder the zero is trying to ram this nightmare through.


298 posted on 07/21/2009 8:44:01 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
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To: FromLori

And some people get their antibiotics from the fish store. No doctors, veterinarians or prescriptions needed but converting aquarium dosage to human dosage must be somewhat daunting!


299 posted on 07/21/2009 8:56:42 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: LucyT; BonRad

TANKS,ya’ll,,,

Whatta Mess!!!...:0/


300 posted on 07/21/2009 9:01:42 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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