WSJ - Betsy McCaughey - "What the Pelosi Health-Care Bill Really Says"

[TomCADem]

Ms. Death Panel, Betsy McCaughey, is attacking the House Bill. Liberals will need to stand together to pass health care reform:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704795604574519671055918380.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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Questionable Priorities:

While the bill will slash Medicare funding, it will also direct billions of dollars to numerous inner-city social work and diversity programs with vague standards of accountability.

• Sec. 399V (p. 1422) provides for grants to community "entities" with no required qualifications except having "documented community activity and experience with community healthcare workers" to "educate, guide, and provide experiential learning opportunities" aimed at drug abuse, poor nutrition, smoking and obesity. "Each community health worker program receiving funds under the grant will provide services in the cultural context most appropriate for the individual served by the program."

These programs will "enhance the capacity of individuals to utilize health services and health related social services under Federal, State and local programs by assisting individuals in establishing eligibility . . . and in receiving services and other benefits" including transportation and translation services.

• Sec. 222 (p. 617) provides reimbursement for culturally and linguistically appropriate services. This program will train health-care workers to inform Medicare beneficiaries of their "right" to have an interpreter at all times and with no co-pays for language services.

• Secs. 2521 and 2533 (pp. 1379 and 1437) establishes racial and ethnic preferences in awarding grants for training nurses and creating secondary-school health science programs. For example, grants for nursing schools should "give preference to programs that provide for improving the diversity of new nurse graduates to reflect changes in the demographics of the patient population." And secondary-school grants should go to schools "graduating students from disadvantaged backgrounds including racial and ethnic minorities."

• Sec. 305 (p. 189) Provides for automatic Medicaid enrollment of newborns who do not otherwise have insurance.

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[bluestateguy]

1. Oh boy. Here we go.

McCoy (I refuse to spell her name correctly) is like a Sarah Palin who sounds more intelligent, but is every bit as dumb as Caribou Barbie.

[nightrain]

2. = improved fragmentation of services

[emulatorloo]

3. I thought this woman would be hiding in shame in her basement by now

She has been through a fair amount of public humiliation (Stewart, Weiner)