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| Health-Care Reform by Committee. All 53 of Them. |
| 2009-09-09 |
| Hat tip to House Republican leader John Boehner and his staff. Take a gander at the 53 new agencies, panels, and committees tasked with health-care “reform” courtesy of Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, and H.R. 3200. 1. Health Benefits Advisory Committee (Section 123, p. 30) 2. Health Choices Administration (Section 141, p. 41) 3. Qualified Health Benefits Plan Ombudsman (Section 144, p. 47) 4. Program of administrative simplification (Section 163, p. 57) 5. Retiree Reserve Trust Fund (Section 164(d), p. 70) 6. Health Insurance Exchange (Section 201, p. 72) 7. Mechanism for insurance risk pooling to be established by Health Choices Administration Commissioner (Section 206(b), p. 106) 8. Special Inspector General for the Health Insurance Exchange (Section 206(c), p. 107) 9. Health Insurance Exchange Trust Fund (Section 207, p. 109) 10. State-based Health Insurance Exchanges (Section 208, p. 111) 11. "Public Health Insurance Option" (Section 221, p. 116) 12. Ombudsman for "Public Health Insurance Option" (Section 221(d), p. 117) 13. Account for receipts and disbursements for "Public Health Insurance Option" (Section 222(b), p. 119) 14. Telehealth Advisory Committee (Section 1191, p. 380) 15. Demonstration program providing reimbursement for "culturally and linguistically appropriate services" (Section 1222, p. 405) 16. Demonstration program for shared decision making using patient decision aids (Section 1236, p. 438) 17. Accountable Care Organization pilot program (Section 1301, p. 443) 18. Independent patient-centered medical home pilot program under Medicare (Section 1302, p. 462) 19. Community-based medical home pilot program under Medicare (Section 1302(d), p. 468) 20. Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Section 1401(a), p. 502) 21. Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission (Section 1401(a), p. 505) 22. Patient ombudsman for comparative effectiveness research (Section 1401(a), p. 519) 23. Quality assurance and performance improvement program for skilled nursing facilities (Section 1412(b)(1), p. 546) 24. Quality assurance and performance improvement program for nursing facilities (Section 1412 (b)(2), p. 548) 25. Special focus facility program for skilled nursing facilities (Section 1413(a)(3), p. 559) 26. Special focus facility program for nursing facilities (Section 1413(b)(3), p. 565) 27. National independent monitor pilot program for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities (Section 1422, p. 607) 28. Demonstration program for approved teaching health centers with respect to Medicare GME (Section 1502(d), p. 674) 29. Pilot program to develop anti-fraud compliance systems for Medicare providers (Section 1635, p. 716) 30. Medical home pilot program under Medicaid (Section 1722, p. 780) 31. Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund (Section 1802, p. 824) 32. "Identifiable office or program" within CMS to "provide for improved coordination between Medicare and Medicaid in the case of dual eligibles" (Section 1905, p. 852) 33. Public Health Investment Fund (Section 2002, p. 859) 34. Scholarships for service in health professional needs areas (Section 2211, p. 870) 35. Loan repayment program for service in health professional needs areas (Section 2211, p. 873) 36. Program for training medical residents in community-based settings (Section 2214, p. 882) 37. Grant program for training in dentistry programs (Section 2215, p. 887) 38. Public Health Workforce Corps (Section 2231, p. 898) 39. Public health workforce scholarship program (Section 2231, p. 900) 40. Public health workforce loan forgiveness program (Section 2231, p. 904) 41. Grant program for innovations in interdisciplinary care (Section 2252, p. 917) 42. Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and Assessment (Section 2261, p. 920) 43. Prevention and Wellness Trust (Section 2301, p. 932) 44. Clinical Prevention Stakeholders Board (Section 2301, p. 941) 45. Community Prevention Stakeholders Board (Section 2301, p. 947) 46. Grant program for community prevention and wellness research (Section 2301, p. 950) 47. Grant program for community prevention and wellness services (Section 2301, p. 951) 48. Grant program for public health infrastructure (Section 2301, p. 955) 49. Center for Quality Improvement (Section 2401, p. 965) 50. Assistant Secretary for Health Information (Section 2402, p. 972) 51. Grant program to support the operation of school-based health clinics (Section 2511, p. 993) 52. National Medical Device Registry (Section 2521, p. 1001) 53. Grants for labor-management programs for nursing training (Section 2531, p. 1008) Tonight, President Obama will try to convince the American public that injecting more government into health care will spur competition, enhance quality, and lower costs. I can think of 53 good reasons why it won’t work. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #7 #4 It'll be just enough when CA, AZ, NM and TX are returned to Mexico Uh --- Dearest Ed --- ever been to Texas? The Alamo? Love 'ya fellow Rantburger --- but I don't think you will find many Texans willing to be ceded to Mexico. That battle has already happened. You're smart, you know who won. The home of the Alamo, in the presence of the Alamo, had one of the largest gatherings for the April 15th Tea Parties.... |
| Posted by: Sherry 2009-09-09 23:45 |
| #6 You ask Washington "What time is it?" and they figure out they need 53 committees, ombudspersons, programs, programs, pilot programs, exchanges, boards, registries, etc. tell you what kind of administrative structure you need to build a damned clock. No wonder nothing gets done in Washington and no wonder it costs us so much money. On top of that they exempt themselves from any regulations they create for the peons who pay the bills. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-09-09 19:18 |
| #5 Whahahahahaaa |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-09 19:03 |
| #4 It'll be just enough when CA, AZ, NM and TX are returned to Mexico. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-09 18:02 |
| #3 Four more and we could have a Committee for each state! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-09 17:52 |
| #2 #5 is the union pay off. This is just crap... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-09-09 17:47 |
| #1 Heh -- in my office, we have spent the last 30 minutes exploring what Number 4 is/does. 4. Program of administrative simplification (Section 163, p. 57) Not sure we know yet! |
| Posted by: Sherry 2009-09-09 17:33 |