The List

 A blog entitled Health Care BS has posted a list (complete with page numbers) of the 111 new bureaucracies that the current healthcare bill will create.  Obviously, I am not going to post the entire list, but here are a few highlights:

• 19. Demonstration program for shared decision making using patient decision aids (Section 1236, p. 648)

• 24. Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Section 1401(a), p. 734)

• 25. Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission (Section 1401(a), p. 738)

• 36. Accountable Care Organization pilot program under Medicaid (Section 1730A, p. 1073)

• 48. Public health workforce loan forgiveness program (Section 2231, p. 1258)

• 59. Assistant Secretary for Health Information (Section 2402, p. 1330)

• 65. Healthy Teen Initiative grant program regarding teen pregnancy (Section 2526, p. 1398)

• 78. Council for Emergency Care (Section 2552, p 1479)

• 86. Health and Human Services Coordinating Committee on Women's Health (Section 2588, p. 1610)

• 99. Office of Indian Men's Health (Section 3101, p. 1765

After you read even this partial list, is it possible to believe that this healthcare bill is going to save money?  Burearacracies never shrink--they only grow!  What is the cost of one new agency--office space, staff, equipment, etc.?  

This bill needs to be stopped and a reasonable one written--tort reform, portability of insurance across state lines, insurance for people with pre-existing conditions, and tax credits to help people afford insurance.  That bill could be written in a way that would actually save money and not create more ineffective government!