In just a few days a new ObamaCare tax—that will double the following year—will kick in to fund “comparative effectiveness research” that’s supposed to help the government save money by finding ways to ration healthcare.
This is crazy; a semi-secret tax so the feds have cash to pay bureaucrats to examine everyone’s health records and, in turn, the government can save money by cutting back on care. The official plan, as noted by a national news wire this week, is to conduct research to find out which drugs, medical procedures, tests, and treatments work best. It’s part of a “little-known provision” of the president’s socialist takeover of the nation’s healthcare system.
Who will conduct this valuable research? A new quasi-governmental agency (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute or PCORI) created by ObamaCare to provide information about the “best available evidence to help patients and their health care providers make more informed decisions.” PCORI claims its research is intended to give patients a better understanding of the prevention, treatment and care options available.
To conduct this valuable work, PCORI needs cash. That’s where the new, little-known tax kicks in. Beginning in 2012, Uncle Sam will charge insurance companies a new fee to fund the PCORI’s research. The tax will be $1 per person in 2012 and will double in 2013 and increase with inflation in the following years. Insurers will soon receive guidance on the new tax from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Obama has already given this sort of medical effectiveness research a big chunk of change. In fact, his disastrous 2009 economic stimulus bill included more than….
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How much tax is the DICTATOR IN CHIEF going to pay. NOT ONE STINKING CENT. HE IS EVIL EVIL EVIL
This is who is helping the liar…..David Plouffe…..he is behind him all the way…..lets get this man know to everyone !!!
The architect of Obama’s successful 2008 presidential campaign, Plouffe is considered one of the best political minds in the Democratic Party. As senior adviser David Axelrod departed after two years, Plouffe joined the Obama White House in early 2011 to replace him.Thrush, Glenn, Politico, David Axelrod departure, David Plouffe arrival moved up, Nov. 22, 2010(1)Thrush, Glenn, Politico, David Axelrod departure, David Plouffe arrival moved up, Nov. 22, 2010
In his acceptance speech on election night, Obama thanked Plouffe immediately after his family, calling him “the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best — the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.”“Barack Obama Speech transcript,” CNN.com, Nov. 4, 2008(2)“Barack Obama Speech transcript,” CNN.com, Nov. 4, 2008
Plouffe, a numbers guru with a formidable knowledge of Congressional districts and demographics, devised an ambitious “50 State” strategy that focused on contesting every state, even those of the deepest red. That strategy helped Obama pull off an upset victory over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in the primaries and expand the electoral map for Democrats in stunning ways with wins in the Rust Belt, Mountain West and Virginia in the general election.
Though he had overseen many successful congressional races, Plouffe had yet to work on a winning presidential campaign team. But he oversaw the biggest campaign in presidential history, one that earned and spent millions of dollars a day, employed 1,000 staffers and included one million volunteers.Barrish, Cris, “Del. Native runs Obama campaign,” The New Journal (Wilmington, Del.), Aug. 25, 2008(3)Barrish, Cris, “Del. Native runs Obama campaign,” The New Journal (Wilmington, Del.), Aug. 25, 2008
Plouffe is low-key and generally stays out of the spotlight, choosing to defer to Axelrod for television appearances and interviews. But he is regarded as a campaign mastermind. After the 2008 campaign ended, Plouffe wrote a bookk entitled “The Audacity to Win.“ "Hopefully, there will be some lessons on how to put together a three-quarters of a billion dollar operation,” Plouffe said.Italie, Hillel, “Obama campaign manager to write book,” The Associated Press, Dec. 4, 2008(4)