Monday, March 28, 2011

Rove's Crossroads suing HHS over health reform waivers

This is rich.administration over transparency, of all things.

Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS) says the suit was prompted by the [Department of Health and Human Service's] failure to respond to a Jan. 7 request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
The organization is seeking "any and all memoranda, guidance, directives, instructions and other documents … relating to the criteria to be applied by HHS in deciding whether to grant or deny applications for [a] waiver."
"Until President Obama is willing to grant the entire country a waiver from ObamaCare," Crossroads GPS President Steven Law said in a statement, "his administration needs to come clean on how they decide who wins and loses in the waiver lottery."
Conservatives have been making hay over waivers granted by HHS, temporary exemptions from the law's $750,000 minimum annual cap on benefits for 2011. According to HHS, "The department has given the Energy and Commerce Committee 25 boxes of documents for its hearing on the issue; the department has also published regulations and three guidance documents about the waivers, as well as a regularly updated list of approved waivers." In other words, who got the waivers.
So it's not really any big secret. For her part, HHS Secretary Sebelius says the suit is groundless and that "Nothing is further from the truth," regarding the Right's accusations that the administration is granting waivers as political favors.
Rove's group is pushing a politicized nuisance suit. What a shock.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

One year after passage, health care reform continues to generate lobbying and legal fees


One year ago today, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. The legislative process that led to the bill's enactment proved to be a boon to lobbyists, including former aides to key members. Industry exerted influence on the administration and members of Congress from early on in the process, and continued lobbying after the bill was passed.
In 2009 and 2010, lobbyists for some 1,251 organizations disclosed lobbying on the bill, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Those interests included pharmaceutical firms and their trade group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, insurers like Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, universities, retailers, restaurant chains, manufacturers, telecommunications firms and labor unions.

หนึ่งปีหลังจากผ่านการปฏิรูปการดูแลสุขภาพอย่างต่อเนื่องเพื่อสร้างค่าการล็อบบี้และทางกฎหมาย

หนึ่งปีที่ผ่านมาในวันนี้ประธานาธิบดีโอบามาลงนามในผู้ป่วยการดูแลป้องกันและราคาไม่แพงพระราชบัญญัติเป็นกฎหมาย กระบวนการนิติบัญญัติที่นำไปสู่​​การตรากฎหมายเรียกเก็บเงินของการพิสูจน์ให้เป็นประโยชน์เพื่อ lobbyists รวมทั้ง aides อดีตไปยังสมาชิกหลัก อุตสาหกรรมการกระทำมีอิทธิพลต่อการบริหารและสมาชิกสภาคองเกรสจากในช่วงต้นของกระบวนการและการล็อบบี้อย่างต่อเนื่องหลังจากที่เรียกเก็บเงินก็ผ่านไปได้

ในปี 2009 และ 2010, lobbyists สำหรับบาง 1,251 องค์กรเปิดเผยการล็อบบี้ในบิล, ตามศูนย์ตอบสนองการเมือง ผลประโยชน์ที่รวม บริษัท ยาและกลุ่มการค้า, การวิจัยและการผลิตยาของอเมริกาของพวกเขา บริษัท ผู้รับประกันภัยชอบ Blue Cross / Blue Shield, สมาคมโรงพยาบาลอเมริกัน, American Medical Association, มหาวิทยาลัย, ค้าปลีก, กลุ่มร้านอาหาร, ผู้ผลิต, บริษัท โทรคมนาคมและสหภาพแรงงาน .

Un anno dopo il passaggio, la riforma sanitaria continua agenerare spese di lobbying e di diritto


Un anno fa oggi, il presidente Obama ha firmato la protezione del paziente e non costose legge in legge. Il processo legislativo che ha portato alla promulgazione del disegno di legge si è rivelata un vantaggio per i lobbisti, tra cui ex collaboratori di membri chiave.Industria esercitato un'influenza sulla gestione e membri delCongresso fin dalle prime fasi del processo, e ha continuatolobbying dopo il disegno di legge è stata approvata.

Nel 2009 e nel 2010, 1.251 lobbisti per alcune organizzazionicomunicati lobbying sul disegno di legge, secondo il Center for Responsive Politics. Tali interessi incluso le impresefarmaceutiche e del loro gruppo commerciale, la ricerca farmaceutica e Produttori di America, gli assicuratori, come Blue Cross / Blue Shield, l'American Hospital Association, l'American Medical Association, università, commercianti, catene di ristoranti, produttori, società di telecomunicazioni e sindacati .

Un anno dopo il passaggio, la riforma sanitaria continua a generare spese di lobbying e di diritto

Un anno fa oggi, il presidente Obama ha firmato la protezione del paziente e non costose legge in legge. Il processo legislativo che ha portato alla promulgazione del disegno di legge si è rivelata un vantaggio per i lobbisti, tra cui ex collaboratori di membri chiave. Industria esercitato un'influenza sulla gestione e membri del Congresso fin dalle prime fasi del processoe ha continuato lobbying dopo il disegno di legge è stata approvata.

Nel 2009 e nel 2010, 1.251 lobbisti per alcune organizzazioni comunicati lobbying sul disegno di legge, secondo il Center for Responsive Politics. Tali interessi incluso le imprese farmaceutiche e del loro gruppo commerciale, la ricerca farmaceutica e Produttori di America, gli assicuratori, come Blue Cross / Blue Shield, l'American Hospital Association, l'American Medical Association, università, commercianti, catene di ristoranti, produttori, società di telecomunicazioni e sindacati .

Post annum loco manet reformare valetudinis generare feodis et actiones lobbying

Unus annus abhinc hodie President Obama signed Praesidium et patiens Care Act Maecenas tristique in lege. Processus legislativa duxit rogationem lata's probavit lobbyists beneficium, etiam ut illa Tite key members. Industry invita pertingit ad administrationem a sodales Congress mane in processu, pergit billa lobbying lata.

In et MMIX MMX, aliquod lobbyists aperit 1.251 Institutionum liber in lobbying secundum Center for Politics responsive. Pharmaceutical studia inclusa et negotia nem coetus in Pharmaceutical Manufacturers lucubrationes Americae Blue Cross ut insurers / Blue Shield, Hospital Association American, American Association Medical, academias, Retailers Restaurant vinculis manufacturers, nem et labore Telecommunications uniones .

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Polls Highlight Split on Health Care Law


One year after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the public remains confused about the legislation, divided on its passage and unconvinced that it will improve health care.
And a significant partisan rift persists as Democrats continue to have positive reactions to the law and Republicans remain negative about it.
In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll, less than half, 47 percent, said they had enough information about the law to know how it would affect them.
People without health insurance and those from low-income households — those most likely to benefit from the law — were more inclined to say that they had too little information to understand how it would affect them personally. This is only slightly more than last April, when 43 percent said they had enough information about the health reform law.
The public is evenly divided on the passage of the law: Forty-six percent in arecent Gallup Poll said it was a good thing that Congress passed a law that revamps the nation’s health care system, while 44 percent said it was a bad thing.
This balanced division masks the stark political splits. More than three-quarters, 79 percent, of Democrats called the law’s passage a good thing. Conversely, just about as many Republicans, 74 percent, deemed passage a bad thing.
Independents were more closely divided: 37 percent said it was a good thing and 51 percent a bad thing.
Both surveys found opinions remained divided on the effect of the health care law on medical care in the country as a whole, as well as its impact on people’s personal health care. (Some of the legislation’s main provisions will not go into effect for a few more years.)
The Gallup Poll was conducted March 18 and 19 with 1,038 adults nationwide and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The Kaiser Family Foundation poll was conducted March 8 through 13 with 1,202 adults nationwide and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

გამოკითხვა მონიშნეთ გაყოფილი "ჯანმრთელობის დაცვის შესახებ კანონი 

ერთი წლის შემდეგ პრეზიდენტმა ობამამ ხელი მოაწერა პაციენტთა დაცვისა და ხელმისაწვდომი მომსახურება აქტი შევიდა კანონი, საზოგადოებრივ რჩება დაბნეული შესახებ კანონმდებლობის, დაყოფილი მისი გამავლობის და unconvinced, რომ ეს ხელს შეუწყობს ჯანდაცვის.
და მნიშვნელოვანი პარტიზანი განხეთქილების გამეორდება, როგორც დემოკრატები განაგრძობს პოზიტიური რეაქციები კანონი და რესპუბლიკელები კვლავ უარყოფითი შესახებ.
ამ ბოლო დროს Kaiser საოჯახო ფონდი გამოკითხვის მიხედვით, არანაკლებ ნახევარი, 47 პროცენტი, განაცხადა, რომ მათ საკმარისი ინფორმაცია კანონის იცოდეს როგორ იმოქმედებდა მათ.
ხალხის გარეშე ჯანმრთელობის დაზღვევის და იმ დაბალი შემოსავლის მქონე ოჯახებისათვის - ის ყველაზე მეტად ისარგებლოს კანონის - უფრო მეტი იყო, ჩართულნი საგანმანათლებლო ვთქვა, რომ მათ ძალიან მცირე ინფორმაცია გაიგოთ, თუ როგორ იმოქმედებდა მათ პირადად. ეს მხოლოდ ოდნავ მეტია გასული წლის აპრილში, როდესაც 43 პროცენტი, განაცხადა, რომ მათ საკმარისი ინფორმაცია ჯანდაცვის რეფორმის კანონით.
საზოგადოება თანაბრად დაყოფილი გამავლობის კანონის: ორმოცდაექვსი პროცენტით ბოლო Gallup გამოკითხვა განაცხადა, რომ ეს კარგია, რომ კონგრესში მიიღო კანონი, რომელიც revamps ქვეყნის ჯანდაცვის სისტემა, ხოლო 44 პროცენტის აზრით, ეს იყო ცუდი რამ.
ამ დაბალანსებული განყოფილება ნიღბიანი ხისტი პოლიტიკური გაყოფილი. მეტი სამი მეოთხედი, 79 პროცენტი, დემოკრატების მოუწოდა კანონის გამავლობის კარგია. პირიქით, სულ დაახლოებით იმდენი რესპუბლიკელები, 74 პროცენტი, ითვლება გამავლობის ცუდი რამ.
დამოუკიდებელია უფრო მჭიდროდ იყოფა: 37 პროცენტის აზრით, ეს კარგია და 51 პროცენტს ცუდი რამ.
ორივე კვლევები ი აზრი დარჩა დაყოფილი ეფექტი ჯანდაცვის შესახებ კანონი სამედიცინო მომსახურების ქვეყანა მთლიანად, ასევე მის გავლენას ხალხის პირადი ჯანდაცვა.(ზოგიერთ კანონმდებლობის ძირითადი დებულებები არ წავიდეთ ძალაში რამდენიმე წლის განმავლობაში.)
Gallup გამოკითხვა ჩატარდა 18 მარტს და 19 ერთად 1,038 უფროსებისათვის ეროვნული და ზღვარი შერჩევითი ცდომილება პლუს ან მინუს 4 პროცენტული რაოდენობა.Kaiser საოჯახო ფონდი გამოკითხვა ჩატარდა 8 მარტი საშუალებით 13 რომელზეც 1,202 უფროსებისათვის მასშტაბით და აქვს ზღვარი შერჩევითი ცდომილება პლუს და მინუს 3 პროცენტული რაოდენობა. 

Uchaguzi Highlight Split juu ya Huduma ya Afya ya Sheria 

Mwaka mmoja baada ya Rais Obama saini ya Ulinzi na subira na nafuu ya Huduma ya Sheria ya ndani ya sheria, wananchi bado kuchanganyikiwa kuhusu sheria hiyo, umegawanyika katika kifungu yake na hajaridhishwa kuwa ni kuboresha huduma za afya.
Na muhimu ufa msaidizi likiendelea kama Democrats kuendelea kuwa na athari chanya na Sheria na Republican kubaki hasi kuhusu hilo.
Katika uchaguzi wa hivi karibuni Kaiser Family Foundation, chini ya nusu, asilimia 47, walisema taarifa ya kutosha juu ya Sheria ya kujua jinsi gani kuathiri yao.
Watu bila bima ya afya na wale kutoka familia za kipato - wale zaidi uwezekano wa faida na Sheria - walikuwa kupendelea kusema kuwa walikuwa na taarifa kidogo sana kuelewa jinsi gani kuathiri yao binafsi. Hii ni kidogo zaidi kuliko Aprili uliopita, wakati asilimia 43 walisema taarifa za kutosha kuhusu sheria ya marekebisho ya afya.
umma ni sawasawa kugawanyika juu ya kifungu cha Sheria ya arobaini na asilimia sita katika ya hivi karibuni Gallup Poll alisema ni jambo zuri kwamba Bunge lilipitisha sheria ya kuwa revamps ya afya ya taifa ya mfumo wa huduma, wakati asilimia 44 alisema ni jambo baya.
Uwiano huu mgawanyiko masks kabisa kisiasa splits. Zaidi ya robo tatu, asilimia 79, wa Democrats aitwaye kifungu ya sheria ni jambo jema. Kinyume chake, kama wengi tu kuhusu Republican, asilimia 74, kifungu aliona kitu mbaya.
Wagombea binafsi walikuwa karibu zaidi kugawanywa: 37 asilimia alisema ni jambo zuri na asilimia 51 kitu mbaya.
Wote tafiti kupatikana maoni alibakia kugawanyika juu ya athari za sheria ya huduma za afya juu ya huduma ya matibabu katika nchi nzima, pamoja na madhara yake katika huduma ya afya ya watu binafsi. (Baadhi ya masharti ya sheria kuu si kwenda katika athari kwa miaka michache zaidi.)
Uchaguzi wa Gallup ulifanyika Machi 18 na 19 na watu wazima 1,038 nchi nzima na ina kiasi ya sampuli kosa la plus au minus asilimia pointi 4. Kaiser Family Foundation uchaguzi ulifanyika Machi 8 kwa watu wazima 13 na 1,202 nchi nzima na ina kiasi ya sampuli kosa la plus au minus pointi asilimia 3. 

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