Obama’s Two-Part Health Care Plan is Hazardous to Your Health

The health care plan advocated by President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, Senator Reid and The Democratic Majority is hazardous to the health of every American. What the President would like to do with your health care is currently being widely debated, but what is lesser known is a panel has already been created in Part I of his two-part health care plan  through buried language in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the Stimulus Bill, which became law last February.

The name given to this panel in the President’s Stimulus Bill is The Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research, and is an already funded $1.1 billion enterprise run by federal bureaucrats—not practicing doctors on the front line or patients.  All 15 members of The Council have already been appointed by President Obama.  The two part Plan consists of 53 boards and councils, whose underlying method of cutting costs is based on rationing and denying care, not preventing health care need, much like the British Health Care System.

Part II of the Obama health care plan, dubbed “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act,” empowers this Council to create another level of bureaucracy, The Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research, which as in The British System, will determine whether to approve or reject treatment for patients based upon the cost of treatment and the number of years the patient will likely benefit from the treatment.  This will have the biggest impact on seniors, but rightly has caused concern for Americans of all ages.

Part I of the President’s plan dictates that doctors and hospitals will be overseen and reviewed by The National Coordinator of Health Information Technology.  This “Coordinator”, who has already been appointed by President Obama, will be responsible for monitoring treatments to ensure doctors and hospitals strictly follow what the government deems appropriate and cost effective, and to “guide medical decisions at the time and place of care.”  

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Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barak Obama, British NHS, Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research, Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Posted Sep 27th 2009 at 1:15 pm in Congress, Featured Story, Healthcare, Politics | 9478122 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/djanda/2009/09/27/obamas-two-part-health-care-plan-is-hazardous-to-your-health/Obama%27s+Two-Part+Health+Care+Plan+is+Hazardous+to+Your+Health2009-09-27+20%3A15%3A12Dr.+David+Janda

ACORN Is a Symptom, Big Government Is the Disease

By overturning the rock and letting America witness the corruption at ACORN, Hannah and James have performed an incredibly valuable service. The rest of us now have an obligation to take the next steps. Shutting off the federal spigot to ACORN obviously is the immediate priority, but it is critically important that we also use this episode to explain that big government is inherently corrupt. The graft at ACORN was not an isolated example. The sleaze at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were not exceptions. The pay-to-play scandals at the Appropriations Committees are not once-in-a-lifetime occurences.

As explained in this short video (alas, no exciting undercover revelations), the government’s bloated budget of nearly $4 trillion is a honeypot for special interests and their political lackeys. But it is not just a problem of wasteful spending. The massive regulatory apparatus creates similar opportunities for favor swapping and insider deals. And the tax code, with tens of thousands of pages of loopholes and special preferences, also is a rat’s nest of corruption.

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Tags: ACORN, Barak Obama, Big Government, corruption, Fannie Mae
Posted Sep 21st 2009 at 8:10 am in ACORN, Congress, Economics, Obama, Politics | 593043 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/dmitchell/2009/09/21/acorn-is-a-symptom-big-government-is-the-disease/ACORN+Is+a+Symptom%2C+Big+Government+Is+the+Disease2009-09-21+15%3A10%3A27Dan+Mitchell

Taxpayer Funded Serve.gov Filtering Activists to ACORN

The Obama Administration has placed a large premium on what it calls “national service.” It has launched a website, www.Serve.gov, that is reported to act as a clearing house for Americans eager to “give back” to their communities. Unfortunately, Americans looking for an opportunity to volunteer may get something they weren’t expecting.

By typing “ACORN” into the search field entitled “What interests you” at Serve.gov, you’re transported to allforgood.org where you can choose from a list of volunteer opportunities, including “healthcare activist.” This particular “volunteer” opportunity is with the Tuscon ACORN office:

The description after clicking:

They’re unclear regarding financial reimbursement; though past recruitment, like the Craigslist ads in St. Louis, advertised for “paid progressive activists, $90 a day, call Lorna 314-732-0131.”

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Tags: ACORN, AmeriCorps, Barak Obama, Corporation for National and Community Service, national service
Posted Sep 18th 2009 at 5:30 am in ACORN, Featured Story, Healthcare, Politics | 4634352 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/dloesch/2009/09/18/taxpayer-funded-serve-gov-filtering-activists-to-acorn/Taxpayer+Funded+Serve.gov+Filtering+Activists+to+ACORN2009-09-18+12%3A30%3A12Dana+Loesch

SEIU: ‘One of the Pillars of the ACORN Family’

Part of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now’s (ACORN) rotten core includes a very cozy relationship with Big Labor.  In fact, in many instances ACORN and Big Labor are one and the same.  In 2008, Big Labor funneled ACORN millions of dollars for so-called organizing activity.  But, that is only the tip of the Big Labor iceberg.

ACORN controls or significantly dominates several Big Labor unions and organizations.  ACORN created and controls SEIU 100 (Gulf Region) and SEIU 880 (a recently expanded SEIU mega-local that covers Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, and Kansas).

ACORN founder S. Wade Rathke referred to mega-union SEIU 880 as “one of the pillars of the ACORN Family.”

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Andy Stern hand picked ACORN’s Rathke to direct SEIU’s nationwide organizing projects.

In addition to Rathke’s and ACORN’s SEIU involvement, Rathke controlled Louisiana HERE Local 100, was Secretary-Treasurer of a New Orleans based AFL-CIO labor organization, and served on the board of a hotel employees union organizing committee.

A search of financial disclosure reports (UnionReports.gov) filed with the U.S. Department of Labor for the years 2000 and 2006 disclosed the following positions that Rathke held in labor unions while he concurrently served as ACORN’s Chief Organizer:

Wade Rathke DOL Reported Union Positions (2000,2006)

ACORN’s connections extend to several other Big Labor funded organizations such as the Wal-Mart Alliance for Reform Now (WARN), Site Fighters, and Community Labor Organizing Center (CLOC).

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Tags: ACORN, AFL-CIO, Andy Stern, Barak Obama, Big Labor
Posted Sep 16th 2009 at 7:30 am in ACORN, Economics | 2918249 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/dloos/2009/09/16/seiu-is-one-of-the-pillars-of-the-acorn-family/SEIU%3A+%27One+of+the+Pillars+of+the+ACORN+Family%272009-09-16+14%3A30%3A28Don+Loos

OBAMACARE IS “BIG GOVERNMENT”

I believe that President Obama’s address to Congress, and our Nation, did not go far enough to put the numerous concerns Americans have to rest with the healthcare reform proposals before the House and the Senate.  There are still too many unanswered questions surrounding these discussions and too much at stake to simply pass any bill without intensive scrutiny and review.  After reading the over 1,000 page House Democrat proposal and fielding over 8,000 constituent correspondences into my office, it is clear that there is much work to be done.  

 During the August district work period, I attended numerous meetings across my congressional district and met with hundreds of constituents who made it clear that they are unhappy with the way Congress is conducting the current health care debate.  Democrat Congressional leadership continues to rush health care legislation through both chambers, without any real explanation.  Constituents in Ohio’s Fifth District, in addition to millions of other Americans, have asked Congress to slow this process down and thoroughly examine probably one of the most important pieces of legislation Congress has debated since the New Deal.  No one will argue that our nation does not need health care reform, but it is clear that Congress must start over with real bipartisan negotiations where Republicans can be included and have input into the final legislation.

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Tags: Barak Obama, Christina Romer, Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Fifth District
Posted Sep 16th 2009 at 6:15 am in Congress, Healthcare | 244674 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/blatta/2009/09/16/obamacare-is-big-government/OBAMACARE+IS+%E2%80%9CBIG+GOVERNMENT%E2%80%9D2009-09-16+13%3A15%3A04Rep.+Bob+Latta+%28R-OH%29

House GOP to Obama: Cut the ACORN Roots Now

Last night, 83 members of the United States Senate went on record to prohibit ACORN from collecting any federal funds. Tonight, over 130 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama, asking him to disclose and terminate all federal funding to ACORN.

That leaves 305 members of the House who are silent. If you want to find out whether your Congressman has taken a stand against an organization whose employees are eager to facilitate a child prostitution ring, call the House switchboard at 202-224-3121.

As James O’Keefe noted in his latest post, “Keep on the pressure. Never let up.”

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Tags: ACORN, Barak Obama, child prostitution, Congress, federal funds
Posted Sep 15th 2009 at 5:57 pm in ACORN, Congress | 3170112 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/mikeflynn/2009/09/15/house-gop-to-obama-cut-the-acorn-roots-now/House+GOP+to+Obama%3A+Cut+the+ACORN+Roots+Now2009-09-16+00%3A57%3A48Mike+Flynn