posted by Robert Wenzel at 6:20 PM on www.economicpolicyjournal.com
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
11 Comments
amazing how Americans will have new Health Care but the Politicians who create it will be able to continue to use the one thhey have been given. 2 seperate worlds!!
When the president and congress decide to sign up with the same help care
offered Americans thats when the plan should be considered. Also under no
circumstance should illegal aliens be given the opportunity to benefit from this
program.
End of life counseling - can you say Soylent Green? For those of you who don’t remember this flick, just google it.
Everyone wanted change, well they got it. Better get some Republicans and independents in Congress in 2010 to stop these maniacs. By the way, I’ll decide how my life end, not the government.
These findings are not accurate! If you ACTUALLY read the bill AND its context, many of these findings are plain wrong or taken way out of context. Whoever this Peter Fleckman guy is, he is either not very smart or purposefully deceitful!! Check the actual bill people!!
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Glenn,
Sad to say you are the one who has not read the bill. I have reviewed every comment by Mr. Fleckstien and except for his occasional reference to ACORN he is correct. BTW, he referenced each page of the bill and in some cases he referenced the exact lines for reference. So, for your sake, I have provided a pdf copy of the bill on my home page so you (or others) can download the bill and see for yourself just how controlling and dangerous this legislation really is. Happy reading.
March on Washington on Sept. 12, 2009 Peaceful demonstration is essential.
We must not let this go through. We will never have the wonderful freedom that we all enjoy ever again if this bill passes.
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DCT, You didn’t understand what I was saying. Taking things “out of context” does not mean the comments aren’t lining up with the references in the bill. Am not debating the accurate line-by-line references between comments and the bill. Am saying that these twitter comments such as “pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The Govt will tell YOU what u can make” is obviously taken “out of context” and it’s impact is exaggerated. This section of the bill merely refers to how doctors will be getting reimbursed on the PUBLIC part of the plan. NOT how much doctors can make in their entire practice!
The “PG 265 Sec 1131-Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries” comment is ridiculous. That section just talks about trying to modify a productivity measurement index NOT some sinister socialist-like private industry controls being inserted into this bill.
Am so tired of all this incendiary talk about how sinister and horrible this bill is. Let’s stick to the facts and debate this sensibly please. Btw, I’m a life-long Republican but one who wants facts discussed and NOT hyperbole!
Yeah, I read these comments as well, and looked at the direct bill and I gotta say, these comments are taken way out of context, or are posted in way that is inaccurate. I just compared about 5 of the comments that this joker posted, then looked them up with his reference numbers, and I do NOT come to the same conclusion he is - he’s making categorical, far reaching statements that don’t match what is actually being said. Think I’m wrong? LOOK FOR YOURSELF:
http://www.forfreedomssake.com/blog/resources/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
Same web address.
Thanks for your comments. Sorry, I have reviewed all of the comments and references in the bill and in just a few exceptions Mr. Finkelstien is correct. Where the language is vague (like most legislation) you can interpret it in broad ways. Which I believe the evicence is that the government will take the power grab road. So why give them that possibility? It is very clear that Obamacare is a massive grab of a 6th of the economy to government control. That fact is no longer in dispute. I’m wondering why anyone would be thinking otherwise? The goal of single payer health care by the Obama administration is clear. We oppose it and you should too.
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