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Default Obamacare

Don't have time to read the entire 1000+ page Obamacare bill? No worries, here are the highlights

Obama Administration?s Health Care Plan
HR 3200 currently under consideration in the House of Representatives


Reviewed, revised and adapted on July 29, 2009, by Liberty Counsel from the original authored by Peter Fleckenstein and posted on FreeRepublic.co and his blog, blog.flecksoflife.co.


* Sec. 113, Pg. 21-22 of the Health Care (HC) Bill MANDATES a government audit of the books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self-insure in order to ?ensure that the law does not provide incentives for small and mid-size employers to self-insure?!

* Sec. 122, Pg. 29, Lines 4-16 - YOUR HEALTH CARE WILL BE RATIONED!

* Sec. 123, Pg. 30 - THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE deciding what treatments and benefits you get.

* Sec. 142, Pg. 42 - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your benefits for you. You have no choice!

* Sec. 152, Pg. 50-51 - HC will be provided to ALL NON-US citizens.

* Sec. 163, Pg. 58-59 beginning at line 5 - Government will have real-time access to individual?s finances & a National ID health care card will be issued!

* Sec. 163, Pg. 59, Lines 21-24 - Government will have direct access to your bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.

* Sec. 164, Pg. 65 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community organizations (ACORN).

* Sec. 201, Pg. 72, Lines 8-14 - Government is creating an HC Exchange to bring private plans under government control.

* Sec. 203, Pg. 84 - Government mandates ALL benefit packages for private Health Care plans in the exchange.

* Sec. 203, Pg. 85, Line 7 - Specifications of benefit levels for plans means that the government will define your HC plan and has the ability to ration your health care!

* Sec. 205, Pg. 95, Lines 8-18 - The government will use groups (i.e., ACORN & AmeriCorps) to ?inform and educate? (sign up) individuals for government plan.

* Sec. 205, Pg. 102, Lines 12-18 - Medicaid-eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No freedom to choose.

* Sec. 223, Pg. 124, Lines 24-25 - No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No ?administrative of judicial review? against a government monopoly.

* Sec. 225, Pg. 127, Lines 1-16 - Doctors ? the government will tell YOU what you can make. ?The Secretary shall provide for the annual participation of physicians under the public health insurance option, for which payment may be made for services furnished during the year.?

* Sec. 312, Pg. 145, Lines 15-17 - Employers MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan.

* Sec. 313, Pg. 149, Lines 16-23 - ANY employer with payroll $400,000 and above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.

* Sec. 313, Pg. 150, Lines 9-13 - Businesses with payroll between $251,000 and $400,000 who do not provide public option pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.

* Sec. 401.59B, Pg. 167, Lines 18-23 - ANY individual who does not have acceptable care, according to government, will be taxed 2.5% of income.

* Sec. 59B, Pg. 170, Line 1 - Any NONRESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay for their health care.)

* Sec. 431, Pg. 195, Lines 1-3 - Officers and employees of HC Administration (government) will have access to ALL Americans? financial and personal records.

* Sec. 441, Pg. 203, Lines 14-15 - ?The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.? Yes, it says that.

* Sec. 1121, Pg. 239, Lines 14-24 - The government will limit and reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income and poor are the ones affected.

* Sec. 1121, Pg. 241, Lines 6-8 - Doctors, it does not matter what specialty you have; you?ll all be paid the same. ?Service categories established under this paragraph shall apply without regard to the specialty of the physician furnishing the service.?

* Sec. 1122, Pg. 253, Lines 10-23 - The government ?validates work relative value units? (sets value of doctor?s time), professional judgment, methods etc. (defining the value of humans).

* Sec. 1131, Pg. 265 - Government mandates and controls productivity for private HC industries. ?Incorporating Productivity Improvements into Market Basket Updates that Do Not Already Incorporate Such Improvements.?

* Sec. 1141, Pg. 268 - The government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.

* Sec. 1145, Pg. 272 - Treatment of certain cancer hospitals: Cancer patients and their treatment are open to rationing!

* Sec. 1151, Pg. 280 - The government will penalize hospitals for what government deems preventable readmissions (incentives for hospital to not treat and release).

* Sec. 1151, Pg. 298, Lines 9-11 - Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmission and the government will penalize you for that action.

* Sec. 1156, Pg. 317, Lines 13-20 - ?PROHIBITION on physician ownership or Investment.? Government tells doctors what/how much they can own.

* Sec. 1156, Pg. 317-318, Lines 21-25, 1-3 - ?PROHIBITION on Expansion of Facility Capacity.? The government will mandate that hospitals cannot expand (?number of operating rooms or beds?).

* Sec. 1156, Pg. 321, Lines 2-13 - Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input required.

* Sec. 1162, Pg. 335-339, Lines 16-25 - The government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures. Rationing.

* Sec. 1162, Pg. 341, Lines 3-9 - The government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans (Part B), HMOs, etc. This will force people into a government plan. ?The Secretary may determine not to identify a Medicare Advantage plan if the Secretary has identified deficiencies in the plan?s compliance with rules for such plans under this part.?

* Sec. 1177, Pg. 354 - Government will RESTRICT enrollment of special needs people! ?Extension of Authority of Special Needs Plans to Restrict Enrollment.?

* Sec. 1191, Pg. 379 - Government creates more bureaucracy ? ?Telehealth Advisory Committee.? HC by phone or the Internet ? dial 1 for your health care advice?

* Sec. 1233, Pg. 425, Lines 4-12 - Government mandates Advance (Death) Care Planning consultation. Think Senior Citizens and end of life. END-OF-LIFE COUNSELING. SOME IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED RATIONING HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.

* Sec. 1233, Pg. 425, Lines 17-19 - Government WILL instruct and consult regarding living wills and durable powers of attorney. Mandatory end-of-life planning!

* Sec. 1233, Pg. 425-426, Lines 22-25, 1-3 - Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.

* Sec. 1233, Pg. 427, Lines 15-24 - Government mandates program for orders for life-sustaining treatment (i.e. end of life). The government has a say in how your life ends.

* Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 1-9 - An ?advanced care planning consult? will be used as patient?s health deteriorates.

* Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 10-12 - ?Advanced Care Consultation? may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans - from the government.

* Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 13-25 - The government will specify which Doctors (professional authority under state law includes Nurse Practitioners or Physician?s Assistants) can write an end-of-life order.

* Sec. 1233, Pg. 430, Lines 11-15 - The government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life, according to preset methods (not individually decided).

* Sec. 1302, Pg. 468, Lines 16-21 - ?Community-Based Home Medical Services means a nonprofit community-based or state-based organization.?

* Sec. 1302, Pg. 472, Lines 14-17 - PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION: One monthly payment to a community-based organization. Like ACORN?

* Sec. 1308, Pg. 489 - The government will cover Marriage and Family therapy. This will involve government control of your marriage.

* Sec. 1308, Pg. 494-498 - The government will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating and rationing those services.

* Sec. 1401, Pg. 502 - Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Established. Big Brother is watching how your treatment works.

* Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 13-19 - The government will build registries and data networks from YOUR electronic medical records. ?The Center may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this section.?

* Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 21-25 - The government may secure data directly from any department or agency of the US, including your data.

* Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 21-25 - The ?Center? will collect data both ?published and unpublished? (that means public & your private information).

* Sec. 1401, Pg. 506, Lines 19-21 - An ?Appointed Clinical Perspective Advisory Panel? will advise The Center and recommend policies that would allow for public access of data.

* Sec. 1401, Pg. 518, Lines 21-25 - The Commission will have input from HC consumer representatives.

* Sec. 1411, Pg. 524, Lines 18-22 - Establishes the ?Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund.? More taxes for ALL.

* Sec. 1441, Pg. 621, Lines 20-25 - The government will define ?NEW Quality? measures in HC. Since when does government know about quality?

* Sec. 1442, Pg. 622, Lines 2-9 - To pay for the Quality Standards, government will transfer money from ?qualified entities? (government Trust Funds) to other government Trust Funds. More Taxes.

* Sec. 1442, Pg. 624, Lines 19-23 - Qualified Entities: ?The Secretary shall ensure that the entity is a public, nonprofit or academic institution with technical expertise in the area of health quality measurement.?

* Sec. 1442, Pg. 623, Lines 5-10 - ?Quality? measures shall be designed to assess outcomes and functional status of patients.

* Sec. 1442, Pg. 623, Lines 15-17 - ?Quality? measures shall be designed to profile you, including race, age, gender, place of residence, etc.

* Sec. 1443, Pg. 628 - The government will give ?Multi-Stake Holders? pre-rulemaking input into selection of ?quality? measures.

* Sec. 1443, Pg. 630-31, Lines 9-24, 1-9 - Those Multi-Stake Holder groups include unions and groups like ACORN deciding what constitutes quality.

* Sec. 1444, Pg. 632, Lines 14-25 - The government may implement any ?Quality measure? of HC services that bureaucrats see fit.

* Sec. 1444, Pg. 632-333, Lines 14-25, 1-9 - The Secretary may issue nonendorsed ?Quality Measures? for physician and dialysis services.

* Sec. 1251 (beginning), Pg. 634 to 652 - ?Physician Payments Sunshine Provision? ? government wants to shine sunlight on Doctors but not government. ?Reports on financial relationships between manufacturers and distributors . . . and between physicians and other health care entities.?

* Sec. 1501 (beginning), Pg. 659-670 - Doctors in Residency ? government will tell you where your residency will be, thus where you?ll live.

* Sec. 1503 (beginning), Pg. 675-685 - Government will regulate hospitals in EVERY aspect of residency programs, including teaching hospitals.

* Sec. 1601 (beginning), Pg. 685-699 - Increased funding to fight waste, fraud, and abuse. (Like the government with an $18 million website?)



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