PrintSeptember 4, 2010
Surrendering to the Executive Branch
As the Department of Health and Human Services starts the process of drafting the 30,000 to 50,000 pages of regulations to implement the 2,800-page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, you have to wonder how the regulations drafted by unseen regulators are going to enhance anyone's health care [i]. ObamaCare will be the largest transfer of legislative power from the Congress to the Executive Branch regulators in our history. And everyone who gets, or doesn't get, health care in the case of rationing will be most personally affected by this vast sea of regulations. Now we will inspect some of the ramifications of the 2,700-page text of the Health Care bill itself.Almost 2,000 employers and unions will be eligible to submit retirees' medical bills for reimbursement by a $5 billion federal fund, the Obama administration will disclose Tuesday. ...Under the program, approved employers can tap into a federal fund that will reimburse up to 80% of...(Read Full Article)
