Showing posts with label Obamacare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obamacare. Show all posts

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Doctor Who Did 1,200 Abortions Tells Congress to Ban Them

Through the many years I have been posting here, I have not posted any articles that are pro or anti-abortion.  This site is dedicated to highlight progressive policies that I believe are deleterious to “We the People.”  Today I found an article through The Drudge Report that could change a lot of minds on the topic of abortion.

Now I want to bring you back to what’s happening with Obamacare and the mandate by this abuse of power, that all insurers must provide abortion coverage.

Please read and share this article with others.  It could mean life or death for many innocent lives to come.

YiT ~  Shelly


Doctor Who Did 1,200 Abortions Tells Congress to Ban Them

by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 5/23/13 12:52 PM

Dr. Anthony Levatino is a pro-life physician from New Mexico but, before having a change of heart on the issue of abortion he was an OBGYN who also performed abortions.

Levatino did as many as 1,200 abortions — some of them after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Then, after his daughter died in a tragic automobile accident, he re-evaluated his position on abortion and stopped doing abortions.

Today, Dr. Levatino told members of a Congressional committee that they should support a bill sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks that would ban abortions nationwide aft 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Elections have consequences

After the 2012 Presidential Election, the actions of an overt and zealous administrations is set to pump-up the adrenalin.  To finish the work of FDR, Wilson, Johnson and Obama.  Yes, I know that there have been many Republicans that have capitulated to the progressive move towards collectivism.  The go along – to get along has been an abysmal mistake on the part of many.

Here a just a few of the many things to come.  After all that happened in the last four years, do you even know what had been put on hold until after the election?

Yes, “We the People,” elections do have consequences!

YiT ~  Shelly


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Obamacare summed-up in one sentence and in video; just for You!

Please share freely.

YiT ~ Shelly


Just One of the Reasons for Change in 2012

My friends send these things to me and some just have to be shared.

November’s general election is quickly coming towards us. Will you vote?  Will you vote for change?  Do you know enough to feel secure that you and your family will be capable of securing life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in a continued “Obama” presidency?

I’m voting for principles.  I’m voting for “individual” liberty.  I’m counting the days to November 6th, 2012 (56 days) to know if liberty lives or dies in America.

YiT ~ Shelly


Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Obamacare–Inventories and Controls Your Life

Rosa Koire of “Democrats Against Agenda 21” has written a short and concise opinion on the reality of what Obamatax (PPACA aka Obamacare) will be once fully implemented.

So why didn’t Romney and McKenna verbally communicate to the electorate with this type of clarity?  I’m just asking?  Why?

YiT ~  Shelly


TAX OR PENALTY?  OBAMACARE AND  AGENDA 21--INVENTORY & CONTROL

07/01/2012

Now that the IRS will be the watchdog collecting the tax/penalty, those Americans who either don't go to traditional medicine doctors, or pay as they go, will be paying for something that they don't use , don't need, and don't want. 
Everyone will be in the system.  Inventory and control.  You will be forced into a healthcare system that you may not wish to be a part of, or will pay a 'tax.'  No one knew this would be a tax but now, in the old switcheroo, we have a penalty morphing into a tax. 
Your income level will be examined.  Your finances will be examined.  Your life will be open to bureaucratic review.  This so-called tax will not be appealable.  This punishment, this penalty, will not be open to challenge.  People who didn't make enough money to file income tax, who were flying under the radar, now will have to file simply to avoid the tax.  See?  Data collection.  No one slips under the line.  Inventory.  And.  Control.
The Internal Revenue Service, the most feared and hated of all federal agencies, with the power to jail us and confiscate our assets will be in control.   Of your healthcare decisions.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

If You mix Black with White you always get Grey

Of late there appears to be a lot of confusion between the three branches of power; Judicial – Executive – Legislative.  What once were clear, crisp delineations of black and white are now a swirl of grey.

    • Congress writes law
    • The Senate determines if the law is affordable, approves it and sends it back to Congress
    • The Executive approves or rejects the laws as presented by the House
    • The People may question their actions when they believe that the Rule of Law has been unjustly administered
    • The Judiciary is then called upon to determine whether or not to rule “for” or “against” the constitutionality of the case
    • No where within the separation of powers does it allow for the Supreme Court to write law or “fix” a bad one

We the People have been shafted again.

YiT ~  Shelly


Supreme Court is De Facto Legislature

Thursday, 28 Jun 2012 07:06 PM  By Bradley Blakeman

Bradley A. Blakeman's Perspective: If ever there was an example of judicial activism and a court legislating from the bench, look no further than the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court’s majority opinion on Obamacare.
The Supreme Court of the United States became a de facto legislature when it decided that Obamacare is constitutionally grounded in Congress’ powers to tax — in spite of the fact that President Obama and the Democrats in Congress who carried the bill insisted that it was not.
The Obamacare legislation as written does not set forth that it is established as part of Congress’ powers to levy taxes. If it had, there never would have been a challenge to the high court.
The ruling raises a number of questions:

  • If the bill is silent as to the funding of it, how is it possible for the court to interpret the intent of Congress?
  • Isn’t it the job of the Supreme Court to remand the bill back to Congress for further consideration as the basis upon which the bill is sustained constitutionally?
  • Where does the Supreme Court get the power to act in the place of Congress?
The court routinely remands cases back to inferior courts for further determination.
Isn’t that what the Supreme Court did just the other day on immigration, when they remanded Arizona’s immigration case back to the 9th Circuit for further consideration?
In 2009, shortly before the president addressed a joint session of Congress, he granted an interview to ABC News’ George Stephanopooulos in which he made clear that his healthcare bill would not be sustained through taxation on any American:

Click here to read Mr. Blakeman’s full opinion.


Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Candidate for Washington State Governor / Attorney General Rob McKenna: Question of the Week; “Obamacare” the Individual Mandate

No spin, here is a clear and reasoned response from AG McKenna to discuss, explain and predict the outcome of Obamacare (aka PPACA).  The decision made by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will, in my humble opinion, decide whether the United States remains a “republic” based on “free market principles” and the individual’s rights of property, liberty and the pursuit thereof.  Do not be silent on this one.  Our Country’s vision to be the shining example of Freedom and Liberty depends on the silent to be silent no more.

Yit,  Shelly


Friday, March 9, 2012

We had to pass the bill to find out what was in the bill. Has HHS Sec. Kathryn Sebelius read her bill? “We” think not!

The most important issue that our nation faces this November of 2012 is to "”repeal”, OBAMACARE! It is imperative of “We the People” that we keep whichever candidate is selected to run against POTUS, that this candidate keeps the focus on “all” of the Un-Constitutional actions the Obama Administration has foisted upon the US Citizen.

Enjoy the article.

YiT,  Shelly


SEBELIUS HAS ‘NO IDEA’ IF OBAMACARE ADDS TO THE DEFICIT

HAS SHE READ THE BILL?

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff - March 8, 2012 10:46 am

Health and Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius appeared flummoxed by questioning from Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) at a hearing on the new health care law Wednesday.

Johnson challenged Sebelius over a number of the Obama administration’s claims about the new health care law, namely that it will reduce the deficit and allow individuals to keep their current healthcare plans.

On several occasions, Sebelius professed to have “no idea” what Johnson was talking about.

Johnson cited a McKinsey Group study that estimated 30 to 50 percent of employers would drop their employee coverage once the new law is fully implement, the effect of which could be hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, added to the federal deficit.

Please click here to read the full article.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Say Good-bye to Your HSA & High Deductible–Low Premium Health Care Plans

The best change to the Health Insurance Industry has been the high deductible, Health Savings Accounts.  Not only do Health Savings Accounts (H.S.A.) curb the abuse and overuse of medical services, encourage market place shopping for service and products, the premiums are affordable and the money deposited in your H.S.A. is yours!  These funds stay in your account and are used for co-pays, deductibles, health incendiaries, prescriptions, you name it.  Plus!, whatever’s left in the plan is still yours.

The traditional health insurance plan’s are like owning a boat, you dump a “heck-of-a-lot-of-moola” into them, for very little return, unless you need serious medical care.

The thought that H.S.A.’s will be lost to the consumer is tragic and will likely keep many families awake at night, trying to figure out how they are going to afford to pay for health insurance that they don’t use, and still have to pay out of pocket for their co-pays and deductibles, with no benefit to themselves.  You might as well not be insured and save the monthly insurance premium, then wait until something tragic happens to get on insurance.  The Obama Administration says that this is not their intention, but the structure of Obamacare encourages the exact behavior they say they want to prevent.

YiT,  Shelly


ObamaCare Rule May Bar HSAs, Low-Cost Health Plans

By DAVID HOGBERG , INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 12/07/2011 06:53 PM ET

"If you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already have health insurance through your job, or Medicare, or Medicaid, or the VA,... View Enlarged Image

A new Obama administration rule could drive out of the market the low-cost, high deductible plans that are supposed to be available under ObamaCare. That would likely mean a sharp jump in taxpayer subsidies.

The problem stems in large part from contradictions in the hastily written health care overhaul.

Starting in 2012, ObamaCare requires insurers in the individual or small group (small business) market to spend at least 80% of premiums on medical costs, leaving 20% for salaries, advertising, fraud prevention, profit, etc. For large groups, this medical loss ratio (MLR) must be 85%.

But another section of the law establishes the actuarial value of plans that can be sold on exchanges, which will cater to individuals and small groups. A bronze plan is allowed to have an actuarial value of 60%, meaning the insurer pays 60% of health care costs and the policyholder 40%. A silver plan can have a 70% value. Lower-actuarial plans tend to have lower MLR requirements. Click here to read the full story.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

PPAHCA (ObamaCare) to be heard by the Supreme Court in 2012

Hallelujah!  The nightmarish scenario of a mandatory, “one-size-fits-all” health insurance, will be heard by the Supreme Court, in 2012.  Since ObamaCare was crammed through the Congress and Senate in a ‘quasi’ legal, yet less than politically desirable construct, I have patiently waited to see if the Supreme Court would hear this case.

The Founders intent is that the many States act as mini-incubators of choices that are the true genius of our Country.  Because the United States and our many Counties had once been self determining entities, living under the protection of the State and Federal government’s protection to conduct commerce across state lines and internationally, the United States grew in wealth and economic strength; “A jewel to be aspired to”.  The States and Federal government “may” act as a bridge to ensure that commerce “can” take place in an equally just manner. The States and Federal government, “should not” force private individuals to purchase products, just because a bureaucrat believes that this could be a fabulous idea for “all”.

Centralized, top down, socialized governance will destroy the U.S. Constitution and it will destroy the brilliance of our Country’s ability to feed ourselves, and thus our ability to feed (and influence) the rest of the world to reach-up to our example.  If socialized, communized, marxized government, was capable of attaining the nirvana the Progressives claim, there would be somewhere in history to prove it.  There is “no proof”, anywhere in the world’s history that shows anything except famine, mediocrity and misery, as a result of centralized government.  It is because of our uniqueness, which enables private individual’s to produce and thus create wealth, that the citizen’s of the United States have so much compassion for others.  Without this wealth and potential for wealth, the U.S. citizen’s would behave no differently than the people from countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Russia and the many other centrally governed populace’s…they would act only in their own self interest to keep what little they have.

Please enjoy this article from Rivkin and Casey, contributor’s to the Wall Street Journal.  Their piece is well written and well reasoned as to the outcome of the Supreme Court’s hearing on “ObamaCare”!

YiT,  Shelly


  • NOVEMBER 15, 2011

ObamaCare and the Limits of Government

When asked if the health law was constitutional, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi sneered, 'Are you serious?' Now the Supreme Court has decided it's a worthy question.

By DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. AND LEE A. CASEY

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether ObamaCare is constitutional, granting certiorari in a case brought by 26 states shortly after that law was enacted in March of last year. In so doing, it will be ruling upon the very nature of our federal union.

The Constitution limits federal power by granting Congress authority in certain defined areas, such as the regulation of interstate and foreign commerce. Those powers not specifically vested in the federal government by the Constitution or, as stated in the 10th Amendment, "prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." The court will now determine whether those words still have meaning.

The President's health-care law faces a Constitutional reckoning, Daniel Henninger discusses on Opinion Journal. Photo: AP.

As we argued two years ago in these pages, the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (aka ObamaCare) is unconstitutional. First and foremost, the law requires virtually every American to have health insurance. Congress purported to impose this unprecedented "individual mandate" pursuant to its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce, but the requirement is not limited to those who engage in any particular commercial or economic activity (or any activity at all). Rather, the mandate applies to everyone lawfully present in the United States who does not fall within one of the law's narrow exclusions.

Under our Constitution's system of dual sovereignty, only states have the authority to impose health and safety regulations on individuals simply because they are present. The Supreme Court has ruled many times that the Constitution denies to the federal government this type of "general police power." Federal legislation must be grounded in one of the "enumerated" powers the Constitution grants to Congress—such as the power to regulate interstate commerce. Although the Supreme Court has interpreted that power broadly (especially since the 1940s), it has consistently held that the Commerce Clause has limits.

Read the full story by clicking here.


Friday, November 4, 2011

Obamacare vs. Doctors, who will win?

Please enjoy this well written article about the coming collision of the Obama Administrations PPACA plan and our present and future field of Physicians.

YIT,  Shelly


kathryn serkes

Docs say: "Don't go to medical school!"

It’s way overdue, but doctors are finally starting to show some spunky resistance to Obamacare.

Two years ago, we held a doctors’ rally at the Capitol to oppose the bill, but at that time all we could muster were the hard-core conservatives who were trying desperately to convince their colleagues that there was something very, very bad around the corner.

But that seems to be changing, due in great measure to the efforts of grassroots groups to turn the tables on the doctors and advise THEM for a change about the coming medical disaster. 

DOCS DON'T WANT OWN KIDS TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL

Click here to read the full story.


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

“Dear Mr. President; Please Grant the United States a Waiver!”

The other evening while enjoying the company of friends, our conversation drifted to our health issues and availability of physician's to perform needed surgeries.  About six months ago I was diagnosed with an ailment related to my age.  My general physician referred me to a specialist in their office, so I was seen again in reasonably quick order.  After completing my visit and receiving the test results, it was determined that I would need the services of a local specialist.  The appointment with the specialist was made within the week and after a brief visit with the specialist to determine the procedure that we both agreed to, I was told I would receive a call to set-up my appointment for the procedure.  After waiting for a month and receiving no call, I made a call to the physician’s office to inquire about why no one had followed up with my case.  Well things definitely went into high gear from there and I received a date for my procedure to happen in six weeks. The procedure was done, my recovery was quick and all is right with the world. They even called 24 hours later to make sure that I was doing well after my out-patient surgery.

The reason I have share this story with you, is that while sharing with my friends my health issues, it was revealed to me that my doctor (who had done a marvelous job for me) was also their doctor and would be unable to do their procedure because the doctor is moving out of the Whatcom County area.  This doctor is a specialist and well respected for their skill in this specialty.  This doctor works in a specialty field that is not well covered in this community and thus, Bellingham/Whatcom County will have one less skilled physician to serve our community and this is happening with greater frequency.  The number of skilled physicians is shrinking nation wide, as reported in these two articles:

With that in mind I want to share this brief comment and a link to the “Forbes” magazine article that spurred its writing.

Yours In Truth  Winking smile  Shelly

CMPI LOGODear Mr. President: Grant the United States a Waiver

One of the greatest disgraces of this administration has been its decision to grant waivers for ObamaCare willy-nilly to all its friends. Everyone by now knows what's in the new health care legislation, and they know it's not the answer to our nation's ailing health system.  Instead of fixing a lot of problems like Medicaid, it expands them.  Rather than finding more market-based ways to fund Medicare, it slashes the funding it so desperately needs.  What's worse, however, is the fact that all friends of the administration are shielded from the devastating effects that will be felt by the American people.  As the law's "reforms" have forced insurers to raise premiums and cancel services, 1,347 waiver applications were approved.  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says these waivers were granted because ObamaCare's new rules threaten to harm consumers.  If that's the case, we believe every American should be entitled to a waiver.  Let's act now before it's too late. 

Forbes

Monday, June 6, 2011

The USA is Bankrupt yet there’s plenty of money to “socially manipulate” with our tax dollars!

Fredreich Hyak studied how Socialism leads to corruption.  Through unchecked regulatory power and money, Socialism always evolves into tyranny.  Every historical instance of societal regulation for the “collective” good has proven this out and recent history has not changed that truth.  Unless you have unlimited time and resources it is nearly impossible to keep up with all of the subliminal manipulation that occurs all around us.  The HHS has granted money to be used by the CDC to nudge the populace into acceptable behavior for the collective.  This program goes by the acronym “CPPW” and it’s hiding in plain site for anyone who knows enough to find it.

Stay informed, get educated and vote for persons of the highest integrity to protect your Country, your family and yourself from the ever creeping destruction of the United States Constitution, the only thing that protects us from despots and tyrannical do-gooders who know not what they have done.  Or do they?

Enjoy these articles that expose just “one” of the grants being used to manipulate a segment of society (LGBT’s) into peaceful acceptance of regulatory prohibition, of what is for now, a legal practice with a legal substance.

Yours In Truth  Winking smile  Shelly


It is no secret that the government wants to change how we live. Nanny-state officials want people to exercise more, stop drinking soda and stop using tobacco. But few people are familiar with an Obama administration program that gives grants to activist organizations that support unpopular nanny-state laws.

I wouldn’t have known about this multimillion-dollar grant program if I hadn’t followed @lgbttobacco on Twitter, and you may not have known there is a National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Tobacco Control Network funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) if you hadn’t read this article.

Last week, @lgbttobacco directed their followers to a CDC conference call meant to give participants guidance on “Community Transformation Grant” submissions, due June 6th. I took the opportunity to listen in. What I learned shocked me.

The grants, funded through Obamacare, break new ground in the administration’s attempt to build political support for radical legislation. Read the full story here.


HHS Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative

See our Grantees Map.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 states that “$650M shall be provided to carry out evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies authorized by the Public Health Service Act that deliver specific, measurable health outcomes that address chronic disease rates.” The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed an initiative in response to the Act. The goal of the HHS initiative – Communities Putting Prevention to Work – is to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. The initiative was launched by HHS in a press briefing held on September 17, 2009.

Communities Putting Prevention to Work will expand the use of evidence-based strategies and programs, mobilize local resources at the community-level, and strengthen the capacity of states. The initiative has a strong emphasis on policy and environmental change at both the state and local levels and will:

  1. Increase levels of physical activity;
  2. Improve nutrition;
  3. Decrease obesity rates; and
  4. Decrease smoking prevalence, teen smoking initiation, and exposure to second-hand smoke.

The program has four distinct but unified initiatives: a Community Initiative, a States and Territories Policy and Environmental Change Initiative, a States Chronic Disease Self-Management Initiative, and a National Prevention Media and National Organizations Initiative.

Community Initiative

Nearly $450 million is allotted for intensive community approaches to chronic disease prevention and control in selected communities (urban, rural, and tribal). These funds will include grants to communities ($373 million), as well as providing community support and evaluation support ($76 million). These awards were announced on March 19, 2010.

States and Territories Policy and Environmental Change Initiative

$120 million will support States and Territories in promoting wellness and preventing chronic disease through state-wide policy and environmental change for chronic disease prevention and to increase tobacco cessation through expanded quit lines and tobacco cessation media. These awards were announced on February 5, 2010.  Click here to the website for the full reading of this Initiative.


The National Coalition for LGBT Health

LGBT Health News

Health Advocacy Webinar: Engaging LGBT Groups in Community Transformation Grants

The feds are rolling out $100M worth of new healthcare reform prevention money that's coming soon to a town near you. But right now is the moment when local LGBT groups need to speak up to make sure the promise of LGBT inclusion in this funding is met. We're pleased to partner with the Network for LGBT Health Equity at Fenway Institute to help give you strategies to approach your local health department right now (since they're planning the work now) and make sure LGBT groups, and LGBT people are in from the get-go! (also, 50% of these funds will be re-granted locally... so now's the time to stage your group to be a funded partner.)

Equality - we want it in health, too!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

You’re Going to Eat Your Medicare and Like it Too!

Everyday there is a new affront to our private rights and liberties.  This post is just one more in a series, no an avalanche, of rules and regulations that demand you live your life the way Uncle Sam tells you to.

Yours In Truth  Winking smile  Shelly

'Entitled' to chains; Bureaucrats' health-care horror

By KENT MASTERSON BROWN

Last Updated: 5:03 AM, March 25, 2011

Posted: 11:23 PM, March 24, 2011

The Constitution grants only to Congress the power to legislate. There is no greater threat to our delicate system of government than when federal courts allow unelected bureaucrats to make up their own laws. Yet last week, federal Judge Rosemary Collyer did just that.

The ruling has ominous implications for ObamaCare, enacted one year ago but not yet in full effect: This decision would allow the "health reform" law to become even more Orwellian than it already is, without any action from Congress.

Forced into Medicare: A judge has ruled that seniors who decline federal medical coverage also forfeit Social Security. -

In a case where I served as chief attorney for the plaintiffs, Judge Collyer allowed to stand three internal rules of the Social Security Administration that make receipt of Social Security retirement benefits contingent upon enrollment in Medicare. Plus, a person who withdraws from Medicare would not only have to give up Social Security retirement benefits, but repay all benefits previously received. Getty

Forced into Medicare: A judge has ruled that seniors who decline federal medical coverage also forfeit Social Security.

All the plaintiffs had paid into Social Security and Medicare throughout their working lives. They were eligible for both programs, but they didn't want to enroll in Medicare because they had their own savings and health-insurance programs that they preferred

Read more: Click here.

Friday, April 1, 2011

“Obamacare” Finds a Need to Create Yet Another Bureaucratic Department: Welcome to the new “ACO”!

Upon opening my Email this morning I found a link to this article and I wish this were an April fools joke.

Only a fool would follow this Administration down such a destructive path for their well being and health care needs.

Yours In Truth  Winking smile  Shelly

ObamaCare: Bureauwonks to the Rescue!

Peter Suderman | March 31, 2011

Another day, another trendy bureaucratic health system “fix” from the authors of ObamaCare. The technocratic buzz this week centers on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), which are intended to reduce waste and increase the quality of care by encouraging systematic coordination between teams of doctors and specialists. Many of the problems ACOs are intended to address are real. But it’s unlikely that ACOs are the solution; the end result may be to exacerbate many of the difficulties they’re supposed to solve.

Just about everyone agrees that there are serious issues with the way the American health system administers care: Earlier this month, for example, the Government Accountability Office reported that Medicare spends an estimated $48 billion each year on “improper payments” to doctors and other health care providers. To put that in context: Medicare wastes almost four times what private health insurers make in profit each year. That’s the astounding cost of fraud, carelessness, and mismanagement in Medicare today.

More generally, fee-for-service medicine—which pays doctors based on how much they do—encourages doctors to do more, and thus spend more, without performing much in the way of cost-benefit analysis. The fact that roughly 90 percent of all medical care is paid for by a third party—either a private insurer or a government program—only exacerbates the problems associated with the fee-for-service model.


Unfortunately, ObamaCare’s ACOs don’t do much to address these problems. Instead of freeing medical providers from the constraints of government regulations and payment systems, they add more requirements. Earlier today, the Obama administration released 427 pages of proposed new rules regarding the implementation of ACOs. These rules, according to Donald Berwick, the health policy superwonk now running the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, “will define how physicians, hospitals, and other key constituents can adopt this new organizational form.” In other words, the new rules constitute a detailed attempt by the federal government to tell primary care doctors, specialists, and other providers exactly how they should work together. Rather than encourage private, market-driven experimentation, ObamaCare’s ACOs create yet another model of care built around satisfying government rules and regulations

Click here for the full story.