Posted by Tina
Do you want to pay for healthcare or do you want to pay for BIG government agencies, oversight committees, grants and study groups? Do you want improvement in the health care industry or new government workers in everything from a “Clinical Prevention Stakeholders Board” to a “Grant program to support demonstration programs for regionalized emergency care”? It doesn’t take a high IQ, or an oversized wallet, to realize that the one hundred and eleven new government offices and boards in this bill translate to more government workers, payroll, and benefits…a big outrageous bureaucracy. This added bloat will be very expensive and only increase the cost of our health care.
One determined professor took it upon himself to read the entire bill being considered in Congress. I urge you to read his entire post:
This bill is 1,990 pages of mind-numbing legalese. It will reach deeply into federal and state regulations and laws, on a scale that will require years for experts to interpret. It will establish institutions that will be effectively irreversible. It will grant arbitrary powers to bureaucrats, who will have to interpret and enforce its dictates. A full analysis of its impact would require a commentary at least as long as the bill itself. American citizens cannot be expected to read and understand such legislation. But they should be aware that this is the nature of the laws being written by their (alleged) representatives in Washington.
The professors piece lists all one hundred eleven bureaucracies, I’ve list seven aimed at women alone:
65. Healthy Teen Initiative grant program regarding teen pregnancy (Section 2526, p. 1398) ** 86. Health and Human Services Coordinating Committee on Women’s Health (Section 2588, p. 1610) ** 87. National Women’s Health Information Center (Section 2588, p. 1611) ** 88. Centers for Disease Control Office of Women’s Health (Section 2588, p. 1614) ** 89. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Office of Women’s Health Research (Section 2588, p. 1617) ** 90. Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Women’s Health (Section 2588, p. 1618) ** 91. Food and Drug Administration Office of Women’s Health (Section 2588, p. 1621)
None of these 111 new government entities is aimed at support of overall health care. Instead they represent targeted special interest areas for wealth transfer; sink holes for taxpayer dollars and huge opportunities for fraud and abuse.
I got to thinking about this abomination in terms of the tax paying Americans that are being asked to foot the bill. When added to the enormous burden we already carry, and the even bigger burden we will place on future generations, this bill is downright ugly and criminal. It represents flawed thinking by those who claim to be looking out for the interests of all Americans.
We know that nearly half of the population pays zero dollars in federal taxes. We have reached a point where average Americans often cannot live without two incomes. There are not enough of us working our butts off to pay for BIG government bloat. This bill represents insanity…and yet the DC lawmakers continue to add to our burden without a thought to what it will mean to average working, taxpaying Americans. Worse than that, they dismiss all objections, calling the dissenter cruel and lacking in compassion. To compound the insanity these incompetent, greedy, self-serving clowns are also contemplating a cap and trade scheme that will ultimately destroy the business and jobs that taxpayers rely upon for their own maintenance and pursuits.
America can’t afford BIG government…it’s enough that we are responsibly caring for our own families and giving generously to charities to help the truly needy. There are five or six changes that would make our already excellent health care more affordable and available for all Americans. We the bill payers of the country need legislation that supports us for a change. We need legislation that supports the businesses and services that create the possibility for our prosperity…including the health care industry.
Hey Harry…toss that bloated, complicated, outrageous bill into the round file and make those few changes that will fix industry problems and do Americans some good. It should only take a couple of pages and I guarantee the votes will be there.