Posted on 03/18/2010 11:25:38 AM PDT by SE Mom
Have at it!
Meet the new bill, same as the old bill...any bill brings death to our Republic.
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Is this “The Bill, formerly known as The Bill”?
Don’t let he RATS off the hook by claiming that they are voting for the “fixes” via reconciliation.
Once the House passes the Senate bill and it goes down Pennsylvania Avenue, it is the law of the land. Neither BO nor the Senate have any incentive to waste any more political capital.
Hannity was an absolute disaster last night with Rep. Altmire - completely let Altmire off the hook by claiming to be against the Senate bill but awaiting to see what is in the reconciliation bill.
And any Rep is going to understand this bill? Not! Fraud! Fraud! Fraud!
Section 1401 Union Plan payoff....Effective date moved from 2014 to 2018, amount of plan not subject to tax increaased from 23K to 27,500.
Section 1403 Limitation of flex plan tax....(taxing your flex benefits) moved effective date from 2010 to 2012.
Section on Medicare Tax increase. 3.8% tax on ‘unearned’ income starting in 2012. Includes estate and trusts.
Section 2102 (Gov’t student loan takeover) Effective July 1, 2010, the gvo’t is taking over ALL student loans.
Also a nice BJ from Nancy to some Congressman who has a Cellulosic Biofuel Plant is included in the fine print title Cellulosic Biofuel Producer Credit.
That is all so far, more to come
2310 pages of changes to 2409 page Senate bill. No human being could possibly make sense out of all the strikes & adds in a month let alone 72 hours. This is shear madness.
Flush out The Marxists and RINO’s NOW. Unemployment is a drag. There are few opportunities available. And those that are talking ARE DELAYING. Believe me, I know.
“Obama calls ‘entrepreneurship summit’ with Muslims”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100305/pl_afp/uspoliticseconomyislam
“Obama continues reach to Muslims”
Published: Sunday, February 14, 2010
“Obama recounted efforts by his administration to foster partnerships with Muslims on education, economic development, global health, and science and technology.”
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/02/14/news/a7-—obama-muslims_139506.txt
“Obama Signs Executive Order Presidential Determination Allowing Palestinians Loyal to Hamas to Resettle In US”
February 7, 2009
The PLO and Hamas are both Palestinian, but the resemblance largely ends there. Unlike the PLO, which was always a secular movement with mainly political goals, Hamas is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist group whose stated purpose is to replace Israel with an Islamic Palestinian state.”
http://www.rotten.com/library/history/terrorist-organizations/hamas/
“Obama Tells Congress to Have ‘Courage,’ Leans on Kucinich to Vote Yes”
3/15/2010
Not the same. Therefore, A yes vote should send it BACK to the SENATE for a triumphant DEATH! It cannot be passed off as the same bill approved by both houses of congress.
More detail
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Coburn cracks down on flip-floppers
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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is already geared up to block nominations for House Democrats who flip flop on their health care votes and eventually end up being nominated for administration positions.
“Be prepared to defend selling your vote in the House,” Coburn said at a news conference with other GOP doctors.
Coburn, who has a history of placing holds, vowed that he would block the nomination process if Democrats who switch from voting “no” to “yes,” lose their elections and then end up getting some kind of federal nomination in the future.
Coburn also had harsh words for the Congressional Budget Office, which released estimates Thursday that the Democrats’ bill would cut the federal deficit reduce the deficit by about $130 billion in the first 10 years and by $1.2 trillion over the second 10 years.
Coburn said the estimates do not take into account increases in physician pay or other factors and are merely part of gaming the American people.
“It’s not only smoke and mirrors, it’s flat out dishonest,” he said.
The group of Republican physicians who joined Coburn at a Thursday morning press conference made a range of apocalyptic predictions about what health care reform would do to the country. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Tex.) said up to one third of doctors would retire if the health care bill passes.
Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) said the bill would lead to the rationing of care. Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) called the bill “the largest dive into incremental socialism our country has ever seen.”
Rep. Parker Griffith (R-Ala.), who recently left the Democratic Party, said the nation would not permit a switch to a “two-tiered” health care system.
“This is a system that has worked and worked well,” Griffith said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34635.html#ixzz0iYeaC60E
Here’s the breakdown.
DIVISION I—HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS: HEALTH
CARE REFORM
SUBDIVISION A—AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE CHOICES
Title I—Protections and Standards for Qualified Health Benefits Plans
Subtitle A—General Standards
Subtitle B—Standards Guaranteeing Access to Affordable Coverage
Subtitle C—Standards Guaranteeing Access to Essential Benefits
Subtitle D—Additional Consumer Protections
Subtitle E—Governance
Subtitle F—Relation to other requirements; Miscellaneous
Subtitle G—Early Investments
Title II—Health Insurance Exchange and Related Provisions
Subtitle A—Health Insurance Exchange
Subtitle B—Public health insurance option
Subtitle C—Individual Affordability Credits
Title III—Shared responsibility
Subtitle A—Individual responsibility
Subtitle B—Employer Responsibility
Title IV—Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986
Subtitle A—Shared responsibility
Subtitle B—Credit for small business employee health coverage expenses
Subtitle C—Disclosures to carry out health insurance exchange subsidies
Subtitle D—Other revenue provisions
SUBDIVISION B—MEDICARE AND MEDICAID IMPROVEMENTS
Title I—Improving Health Care Value
Subtitle A—Provisions related to Medicare part A
Subtitle B—Provisions Related to Part B
Subtitle C—Provisions Related to Medicare Parts A and B
Subtitle D—Medicare Advantage Reforms
Subtitle E—Improvements to Medicare Part D
Subtitle F—Medicare Rural Access Protections
Title II—Medicare Beneficiary Improvements
Subtitle A—Improving and Simplifying Financial Assistance for Low Income
Medicare Beneficiaries
Subtitle B—Reducing Health Disparities
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Improvements
Title III—Promoting Primary Care, Mental Health Services, and Coordinated
Care
Title IV—Quality
Subtitle A—Comparative Effectiveness Research
Subtitle B—Nursing Home Transparency
Subtitle C—Quality Measurements
Subtitle D—Physician Payments Sunshine Provision
Subtitle E—Public Reporting on Health Care-Associated Infections
Title V—Medicare Graduate Medical Education
Title VI—Program Integrity
Subtitle A—Increased funding to fight waste, fraud, and abuse
Subtitle B—Enhanced penalties for fraud and abuse
Subtitle C—Enhanced Program and Provider Protections
Subtitle D—Access to Information Needed to Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Title VII—Medicaid and CHIP
Subtitle A—Medicaid and Health Reform
Subtitle B—Prevention
Subtitle C—Access
Subtitle D—Coverage
Subtitle E—Financing
Subtitle F—Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Subtitle G—Puerto Rico and the Territories
Subtitle H—Miscellaneous
Title VIII—Revenue-related provisions
Title IX—Miscellaneous Provisions
SUBDIVISION C—PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Title I—Community Health Centers
Title II—Workforce
Subtitle A—Primary care workforce
Subtitle B—Nursing workforce
Subtitle C—Public Health Workforce
Subtitle D—Adapting workforce to evolving health system needs
Title III—Prevention and Wellness
Title IV—Quality and Surveillance
Title V—Other provisions
Subtitle A—Drug discount for rural and other hospitals
Subtitle B—School-Based health clinics
Subtitle C—National medical device registry
Subtitle D—Grants for comprehensive programs To provide education to nurses
and create a pipeline to nursing
Subtitle E—States failing To adhere to certain employment obligations
DIVISION II—HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR:
HEALTH CARE REFORM
SUBDIVISION A—AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE CHOICES
TITLE I—PROTECTIONS AND STANDARDS FOR QUALIFIED
HEALTH BENEFITS PLANS
Subtitle A—General Standards
Subtitle B—Standards Guaranteeing Access to Affordable Coverage
Subtitle C—Standards Guaranteeing Access to Essential Benefits
Subtitle D—Additional Consumer Protections
Subtitle E—Governance
Subtitle F—Relation to Other Requirements; Miscellaneous
Subtitle G—Early Investments
TITLE II—HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE AND RELATED
PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Health Insurance Exchange
Subtitle B—Public Health Insurance Option
Subtitle C—Individual Affordability Credits
Subtitle D—State Innovation.
TITLE III—SHARED RESPONSIBILITY;
Subtitle A—Individual Responsibility
Subtitle B—Employer Responsibility
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986
Subtitle A—Shared Responsibility
Subtitle B—Credit for Small Business Employee Health Coverage Expenses
Subtitle C—Disclosures To Carry Out Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies
Subtitle D—Other Revenue Provisions
SUBDIVISION B—MEDICARE AND MEDICAID IMPROVEMENTS
TITLE I—IMPROVING HEALTH CARE VALUE
Subtitle A—Provisions Related to Medicare Part A
Subtitle B—Provisions Related to Part B
Subtitle C—Provisions Related to Medicare Parts A and B
Subtitle D—Medicare Advantage Reforms
Subtitle E—Improvements to Medicare Part D
Subtitle F—Medicare Rural Access Protections
TITLE II—MEDICARE BENEFICIARY IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A—Improving and Simplifying Financial Assistance for Low Income
Medicare Beneficiaries
Subtitle B—Reducing Health Disparities
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Improvements
TITLE III—PROMOTING PRIMARY CARE, MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES, AND COORDINATED CARE
TITLE IV—QUALITY
Subtitle A—Comparative Effectiveness Research
Subtitle B—Nursing Home Transparency
Subtitle C—Quality Measurements
Subtitle D—Physician Payments Sunshine Provision
Subtitle E—Public Reporting on Health Care-Associated Infections
TITLE V—MEDICARE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
TITLE VI—PROGRAM INTEGRITY
Subtitle A—Increased Funding To Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Subtitle B—Enhanced Penalties for Fraud and Abuse
Subtitle C—Enhanced Program and Provider Protections
Subtitle D—Access to Information Needed To Prevent Fraud, Waste, and
Abuse
TITLE VII—MEDICAID AND CHIP
Subtitle A—Medicaid and Health Reform
Subtitle B—Prevention
Subtitle C—Access
Subtitle D—Coverage
Subtitle E—Financing
Subtitle F—Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Subtitle G—Puerto Rico and the Territories
Subtitle H—Miscellaneous
TITLE VIII—REVENUE-RELATED PROVISIONS
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SUBDIVISION C—PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
TITLE I—COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
TITLE II—WORKFORCE
Subtitle A—Primary Care Workforce
Subtitle B—Nursing Workforce
Subtitle C—Public Health Workforce
Subtitle D—Adapting Workforce to Evolving Health System Needs
TITLE III—PREVENTION AND WELLNESS
TITLE IV—QUALITY AND SURVEILLANCE
TITLE V—OTHER PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Drug Discount for Rural and Other Hospitals
Subtitle B—School-Based Health Clinics
Subtitle C—National Medical Device Registry
Subtitle D—Grants for Comprehensive Programs to Provide Education to
Nurses and Create a Pipeline to Nursing
Subtitle E—States Failing To Adhere to Certain Employment Obligations
Subtitle F—Standards for Accessibility to Medical Equipment for Individuals
With Disabilities
Subtitle G—Other Grant Programs
Subtitle H—Long-term Care and Family Caregiver Support
Subtitle I—Online Resources
DIVISION III—HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR:
INVESTING IN EDUCATION
TITLE I—INVESTING IN STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
Subtitle A—Increasing College Access and Completion
Sec. 101. Federal Pell Grants.
Sec. 102. College Access and Completion Innovation Fund.
Sec. 103. Investment in historically Black colleges and universities and other
minority-serving institutions.
Sec. 104. Investment in cooperative education.
Sec. 105. Loan forgiveness for servicemembers activated for duty.
Sec. 106. Veterans Educational Equity Supplemental Grant Program.
Subtitle B—Student Financial Aid Form Simplification
Sec. 121. General effective date.
Sec. 122. Treatment of assets in need analysis.
Sec. 123. Changes to total income; aid eligibility.
TITLE II—STUDENT LOAN REFORM
Subtitle A—Stafford Loan Reform
Sec. 201. Federal Family Education Loan appropriations.
Sec. 202. Scope and duration of Federal loan insurance program.
Sec. 203. Applicable interest rates.
Sec. 204. Federal payments to reduce student interest costs.
Sec. 205. Federal PLUS Loans.
Sec. 206. Federal Consolidation Loan.
Sec. 207. Unsubsidized Stafford loans for middle-income borrowers.
Sec. 208. Loan repayment for civil legal assistance attorneys.
Sec. 209. Special allowances.
Sec. 210. Revised special allowance calculation.
Sec. 211. Origination of Direct Loans at institutions located outside the United
States.
Sec. 212. Agreements with institutions.
Sec. 213. Terms and conditions of loans.
Sec. 214. Contracts.
Sec. 215. Interest rates.
Subtitle B—Perkins Loan Reform
Sec. 221. Federal Direct Perkins Loans terms and conditions.
Sec. 222. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 223. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 224. Federal Direct Perkins Loan allocation.
Sec. 225. Agreements with institutions of higher education.
Sec. 226. Student loan information by eligible institutions.
Sec. 227. Terms of loans.
Sec. 228. Distribution of assets from student loan funds.
Sec. 229. Implementation of non-title IV revenue requirement.
Sec. 230. Administrative expenses.
TITLE III—MODERNIZATION, RENOVATION, AND REPAIR
Subtitle A—Elementary and Secondary Education
Sec. 301. Definitions.
CHAPTER 1—GRANTS FOR MODERNIZATION, RENOVATION, OR REPAIR OF
PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES
Sec. 311. Purpose.
Sec. 312. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 313. Allowable uses of funds.
Sec. 314. Priority projects.
CHAPTER 2—SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, AND
ALABAMA
Sec. 321. Purpose.
Sec. 322. Allocation to local educational agencies.
Sec. 323. Allowable uses of funds.
CHAPTER 3—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 331. Impermissible uses of funds.
Sec. 332. Supplement, not supplant.
Sec. 333. Prohibition regarding State aid.
Sec. 334. Maintenance of effort.
Sec. 335. Special rule on contracting.
Sec. 336. Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods.
Sec. 337. Labor standards.
Sec. 338. Charter schools.
Sec. 339. Green schools.
Sec. 340. Reporting.
Sec. 341. Special rules.
Sec. 342. Promotion of employment experiences.
Sec. 343. Advisory Council on Green, High-Performing Public School Facilities.
Sec. 344. Education regarding projects.
Sec. 345. Availability of funds.
Subtitle B—Higher Education
Sec. 351. Federal assistance for community college modernization and construction.
TITLE IV—EARLY LEARNING CHALLENGE FUND
Sec. 401. Purpose.
Sec. 402. Programs authorized.
Sec. 403. Quality pathways grants.
Sec. 404. Development grants.
Sec. 405. Research and evaluation.
Sec. 406. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 407. Construction.
Sec. 408. Definitions.
Sec. 409. Availability of funds.
TITLE V—AMERICAN GRADUATION INITIATIVE
Sec. 501. Authorization and appropriation.
Sec. 502. Definitions; grant priority.
Sec. 503. Grants to eligible entities for community college reform.
Sec. 504. Grants to eligible States for community college programs.
Sec. 505. National activities.
The GOP needs to read this aloud on the floor of the Congress.
$100 million to Hispanic Serving Institutions, $85 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, $15 million to Predominantly Black Institutions, $30 million to Tribal Colleges and Universities, $15 million to Alaska, Hawaiian Native Institutions, $5 million to Asian American and Pacific Islander Institutions, and $5 million to Native American non-tribal serving institutions
Also a nice 2.9% tax added to sale of ALL medical devices....
I guess that’s probably it. Should provide us with even more ammo with which to oppose this mess. I hope Paul Ryan is warnming up his vocal chords. He will be in high demand tonight.
Section 2213. Agreements with State-Owned Banks. This section amends Part D of Title IV to direct the Secretary to enter into an agreement with an eligible lender for the purpose of providing Federal loan insurance on student loans made by state-owned banks.
Nice...Now the gov’t will let the states take over banks to make a few bucks on student loans............
I’m going to wait for the movie.
ANYONE who does not think this clause will make insurance rates SKYROCKET is smoking too much hopium.
Notice the ‘evil’ insurance companies can still exclude sick folks until 2014, so how many will haveto die before ObamaCare kicks in??
Sec. 2301. Insurance Reforms. Extends the prohibition of lifetime limits, prohibition on rescissions, limitations on excessive waiting periods, and a requirement to provide coverage for non-dependent children up to age 26 to all existing health insurance plans starting six months after enactment. For group health plans, prohibits pre-existing condition exclusions in 2014, restricts annual limits beginning six months after enactment, and prohibits them starting in 2014. For coverage of non-dependent children prior to 2014, the requirement on group health plans is limited to those adult children without an employer offer of coverage.
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