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Shock: Inside the Healthcare Bill, Part 2
Economic Policy Journal ^ | 8/10/09 | Robert Wenzel

Posted on 08/10/2009 5:01:58 PM PDT by FromLori

I hope you didn't think that everything about the healthcare bill was covered in Shock: Inside the Healthcare Bill. If you did, you were wrong. That just covered the first 500 pages. There's another 500 pages. Peter Fleckstien (aka Fleckman) has also read the second 500 pages.

As I write this, there are some 159 comments at the original Shock: Inside the Healthcare Bill. Some comments are left by people truly in shock by what the Obama Administration is trying to pull off. Others charge that his interpretations of the bill are incorrect and hint that he is purposely being misleading. To those commenters I have this to say:

Peter Fleckstein having read the entire 1,000 plus page document makes note about what is written in the bill and his view of what it means. When he writes, for example,"I smell ACORN" the bill doesn't mention ACORN but community organizations. Fleckstein knows what community organization means and helps the reader out by writing what he believes. The bill, itself, is written in dense legalese. I challenge anyone to read fully even the first 100 pages. Thank the heavens that Fleckstein is there to read the bill and comment on it, without the legalese.

I consider Fleckstein a hero for having read the whole damn thing. Paul Revere may have rode on his butt all night to warn about the British, however, after a good days rest, he was probably back to his normal self. Fleckstein has ploughed through 1,000 pages of this obtuse bill which must have cost him hours and hours and hours on his butt, and drained his eyes, to warn about a Draconian, totalitarian healthcare bill. Paul Revere is a hero for what he did to warn about the British. Peter Fleckstein is a hero to warn about healthcare totalitarianism.

At no point does Fleckstein shirk from standing up behind every word he writes. There is literally a page, chapter and verse reference from the Bill for every comment he makes. On all my posts and Fleckstein's there is always a link to the bill itself so you can checkout any comment Fleckstein makes against the exact point in the bill that he references.

Further, as one commenter put it, many who are looking at Fleckstein's interpretations are missing the big picture. Obama is marketing this bill as a program to help those who don't have health insurance, but if that is the case, what are all the detailed regulations for the rest of us about? If Obama just wants to provide healthcare to those who don't have it, then why doesn't he do just that and control the healthcare standards, billing, tracking and prices he is willing to pay, for those people under his program. What the hell does this have to do with the rest of us? I think Obama's entire healthcare program is a politician's cheap trick, even when he is talking about the poor and the uninsured (See here), but everyone should be able to smell the totalitarian rat when Obama is putting on all kinds of controls on all healthcare.

Here's what Fleckstein found in the second 500 pages:

Pg 503 Lines 13-19 Govt will build registries and data networks from YOUR electronic med records.

PG 506 Lines 19-21 The Center will recommend policies that would allow for public access of data.

PG 518 Lines 21-25 The Commission will have input from HC consumer reps – Can u say unions & ACORN?

PG 621 Lines 20-25 Govt will define what Quality means in HC. Since when does Govt know about quality?

PG 624 “Quality” measures shall b designed to profile u including race, age, gender, place of residence, etc

Pg 630 9-24/631 1-9 Those Multi-stake holder groups incl. Unions & groups like ACORN deciding HC quality.

PG 633 14-25/ 634 1-9 The Secretary may issue non-endorsed “Qual Measures” 4 Physician Svcs & Dialysis Svcs.

Pg 635 to 653 Physicians Payments Sunshine Provision – Govt wants to shine sunlight on Docs but not Govt.

PG 660-671 Doctors in Residency – Govt will tell U where ur residency will b, thus where u’ll live.

Pg 676-686 Govt will regulate hospitals in EVERY aspect of residency programs, incl. teaching hospitals.

PG 711 Lines 8-14 The Secretary has broad powers to deny HC providers/suppliers admittance into HC Exchng.

Pg 719-720 Sec 1637 ANY Doctor who orders durable med equip or home med svcs MUST b enrolled in Medicare.

Pg 735 lines 16-25 For law enforce. purposes the Secretary-HHS will give Atty General access to ALL data.

Pg 757-762 Fed govt will shift burden of payments 2 Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) 2 States. (Taxes)

Pg 768 Sec 1713 Govt – Nurse Home Visitation Svcs (Hello union paybacks)

Pg 769 3-5 Nurse Home Visit Svcs – “increasing birth intervals btwn pregnancies.” Govt Abortions any1?

Pg 770 SEC 1714 Fed Govt mandates eligibility 4 State Family Planning Svcs. Say abortion & State Sovereign.

Pg 789-797 Govt will set, mandate drug prices, controlling which drugs brought 2 mrkt. Bye innovation

PG 801 Sec 1751 The Govt will decide which Health care conditions will be paid. Say RATION!

Pg 810 SEC. 1759. Billing Agents, clearinghouses, etc req. 2 register. Govt takes over private payment sys.

PG 829-833 Govt will impose a fee on ALL private health ins. plans incl. self insured to pay for Trust Fund!

Pg 838-840 Govt will design & implem. Home Visitation Prog 4 families w young kids & families expect kids.

PG 844-845 OMG! This Home Visitation Prog. includes Govt coming in2 ur house & telling u how 2 parent

Pg 859 Govt will establish a Public Health Fund at a cost of $88,800,000,000. Yes thats Billion.

Pg 865 The Govt will MANDATE the establishment of a National Health Service Corps

PG 865 to 876 The NHS Corps is a program where Drs. perform mandatory HC for 2yrs for part loan repayment

PG 876-892 The govt takes over the education of our Med students and Drs

PG 898 The Govt will establish a Public Health Workforce Corps. 2 ensure supply of public health prof.

PG 898 The Public health workforce corps shall consist of civilian employees of the U.S. as Secretary deems.

PG 900 The Public Health Workforce Corps includes veterinarians

PG 901 The Public Health Workforce Corps WILL incl commissioned Regular & Reserve Officers. HC Draft? WTF!

PG 910 The Govt will develop, build & run Public Health Training Centers.

PG 913-914 Govt starts a HC affirmative action program thru guise of diversity scholarships.

PG 915 SEC. 2251. Govt MANDATES Cultural & linguistic competency trng 4 HC professionals.

Pg 932 The Govt will estab Preventative & Wellness Trust fund- intial cost of $30,800,000,000-Billion

PG 936 Govt will develop “Healthy People & National Public Health Perform. Standards” Tell me what 2 eat?

PG 942 Lines 22-25 More Govt? Offices of Surg. Gen. -Public Health Svc, MinorityHealth, Women’s Health

PG 993 Govt will establish school based health clinics. Your kids wont have a chance.

PG 994 School Based Health Clinic will be integrated into the school environment. Say GOVT Brainwash!

PG 1001 The Govt will establish a National Medical Device Registry. Will u be tracked?

PG 1003 9-11 National Med Dev Reg ‘‘(iii) other postmarket device surveillance activities” U WILL b tracked.

Here's the Bill itself.


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1 posted on 08/10/2009 5:01:58 PM PDT by FromLori
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To: FromLori

Thank you Mr. Fleckstein for digging thru Resident Obama’s tyrannical scam.


2 posted on 08/10/2009 5:06:32 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (No prisoners. No mercy. 2010 awaits.....)
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To: FromLori

When you die, do they repossess the medical device? Save money, reuse it, it’s a rental.


3 posted on 08/10/2009 5:07:47 PM PDT by Tarpon (The Joker's plan -- Slavery by debt so large it can never be repaid)
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To: FromLori

One of the charges the left has against the right is that we are spreading dis-information about the bill.

Is there any way we could boil these summaries down to the most critical points, eliminate some of the repetition, and quote straight from the bill?

I could really use this info for a video i’m doing.

i.e. page 10, line 6: “actual text”, followed by summary (translation)


4 posted on 08/10/2009 5:11:56 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: FromLori; Quoheleth

Ping.


5 posted on 08/10/2009 5:12:20 PM PDT by EmilyGeiger ( Government Healthcare will have the efficiency of the postal service and the compassion of IRS)
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To: Safrguns

Usually, I just hand them a copy of the pdf (either on line or in person) and tell them they can look up the references. Every one of these items can be easily found in the pdf. I think more of US have read this monstrosity than congress.


6 posted on 08/10/2009 5:17:59 PM PDT by MizSterious (Impeach Barak "let them eat cake" Obama, while there's still something of our Republic to save.)
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To: FromLori
profiles, statistics, etc. sounds like financial engineering for people.

be afraid. be very afraid. then be angry. then act.

7 posted on 08/10/2009 5:18:22 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (green is the new red.)
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To: FromLori
Coming soon to Washington...Pitchforks!!!


8 posted on 08/10/2009 5:18:57 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (If the auto industry and banking were Obama's Austria and Czechoslovakia, healthcare is his Poland.)
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To: FromLori

Socialism, the new ‘N’ word (for Nincompoops).


9 posted on 08/10/2009 5:20:48 PM PDT by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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To: FromLori

Worse than I thought, and I’m really cynical.


10 posted on 08/10/2009 5:23:18 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Rebellion is not brewing. Frog is brewing.)
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To: FromLori

The plan or the people. It can’t be both.


11 posted on 08/10/2009 5:23:32 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: Safrguns

These guys have down all the heavy lifting already.

Pick out the things you think are critical, go to the bill (they’ve already done the hard work of pointing you to the right pages) and summarize it.

Seesh, you need it in pablum form?


12 posted on 08/10/2009 5:25:49 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Overproduction, one of the top five worries for the American farmer.)
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To: FromLori
this is absolutely sick. Sarah Palin was right: it's evil. It's totalitarian. It's beyond "audacious."

Whoever dares to float this bill is either insane, evil, or both.

How long before we can get the Dictator and his minions the hell out of the White House?

13 posted on 08/10/2009 5:27:10 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (green is the new red.)
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To: FromLori

The NHS Corps is a program where Drs. perform mandatory HC for 2yrs for part loan repayment
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Yep. Welcome to ‘City Year’.


14 posted on 08/10/2009 5:27:13 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: FromLori

Government this, government that.

Soviet style heath care here were come!

Won’t y’all feel so secure, warm and fuzzy as you are wheeled into the operating room knowing a well trained (according to democrat government standards anyways)graduate “doctor” will be performing his very first “solo” operation on you?

Of course, don’t expect near invisible scars afterwards, government cost control will mandate that stitching be no more than 2 per inch to save on the cost of suture materials, cheaper steri-strip tape will be adequate to close the gaps, saving the government about 1 million per year. (the cost study which resulted in the implementing of this cast saving measure cost 33 million, and took a year, but that is a different departments budget).

And make sure a family member brings you something to serve as crutches when you are released. Crutches supplied while in the hospital stay in the hospital. Go buy your own.


15 posted on 08/10/2009 5:27:56 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: FastCoyote
Socialism, the new ‘N’ word (for Nincompoops).

it's way beyond socializm, FRiend.

16 posted on 08/10/2009 5:28:16 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (green is the new red.)
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To: MizSterious

I think more of US have read this monstrosity than congress.
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You bet your britches they haven’t read it. Too much WORK and not enough ‘liquid and country club lunches’.


17 posted on 08/10/2009 5:30:17 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: MizSterious

>>> Usually, I just hand them a copy of the pdf (either on line or in person) and tell them they can look up the references.

I have a copy now, and i’m looking at the first point from the first summary....

Page 22 does not mandate audits.... let alone ALL self insuring employers.

It does talk about a study that gathers information (which may be an indirect “hint” that some companies may be audited to get the info. But the words “Audit” or “Mandate” does not occur.

At the end of page 22, and into 23 is where the results of the study will be used to “Make Recommendations” to ensure that incentives for self-insuring does not exist.

Help me out here... what am I missing?


18 posted on 08/10/2009 5:30:23 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Safrguns

?? WHAT??

do you need someone to read it for you and act it out as well?


19 posted on 08/10/2009 5:30:49 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: FromLori
Robert Wenzel

I am not familiar with this man so I tried a google, up poped the Dummies who are ripping this man a new one. of course they do so simply because he is against them.

Does anyone have additional info or comments on him?

20 posted on 08/10/2009 5:31:17 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
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