I'd be happy to. Check the actual pages if you think this is just fear mongering.
• Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure
• Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get
• Page 42: The “Health Choices Commissioner” will decide health benefits for you.
• Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
• Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
• Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
• Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans
• Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
• Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange
• Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services (for illegal aliens)
• Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled
• Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No “judicial review” is permitted against the government monopoly.
• Page 127: The government will set all wages.
• Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan.
• Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
• Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll.
• Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
• Page 167: Any individual who doesn’t’ have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
• Page 170: Any non-resident alien is exempt from individual taxes.
• Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
• Page 203: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.”
• Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected.
• Page 241: Doctors, no matter what specialty, will all be paid the same.
• Page 253: Government sets value of doctors’ time, their professional judgment, etc.
• Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
• Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
• Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
• Page 298: If doctors treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, they will be penalized by the government.
• Page 317: Doctors are now prohibited for owning and investing in healthcare companies.
• Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
• Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
• Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
• Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of special needs individuals.
• Page 379: Telehealth Advisory Committee - healthcare by phone.
• Page 425: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens - counseling and hospice, end-of-life
• Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc.
• Page 425: Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources guiding you towards death.
• Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment
• Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient’s health deteriorates. This can include an order for end-of-life plans.
• Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life..
• Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy.
• Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those services.
* PG 502 Line 5-18 Government builds the “Center” to conduct, support, & synthesize research to define our HealthCare Services.
* PG 502 Section 1181 Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Established.
* PG 503 Line 13-19 Government will build registries and data networks from your electronic medical records.
* PG 503 Line 21-25 Government may secure data directly from any department or agency of the USA including your data.
* PG 504 Line 6-10 The “Center” will collect data both published & unpublished (that means your public & your private info)
* PG 506 Line 19-21 The Center will recommend policies that would allow for public access of data.
* PG 518 Line 21-25 The Commission will have input from HealthCare consumer reps.
* PG 524 18-22 Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund set up.
* PGs 525-620 deals with the Govt basically taking over nursing homes, long-term care facilities (assisted living) through regulations of the facilities, the owners of sd facilities, the employees of sd facilities and even the land owners of that sd facilities reside on. Additionally as you read these 90+ pages you can come to the conclusion that any Health related services will be determined and rationed by the Govt for our senior citizens and others in nursing homes.
* PG 620 Line 1-9 The Government will define, prioritize, and nationalize your Health Care Services.
* PG 621 Lines 20-25 Government will define what Quality means in HealthCare.
* PG 622 Lines 2-9 To pay for the quality Standards Government will transfer money from to other Government Trust Funds.
* PG 624 “Quality” measures shall be designed to assess outcomes & functional status of patients.
* PG 628 Section 1443 Government will give “Multi-Stake Holders” Pre-Rule Making input into Selection of “Quality” Measures.
* PG 630 9-24/631 1-9 Those Multi-stake holder groups including Unions & groups like ACORN deciding HealthCare quality.
* PG 632 Lines 14-25 The Government may implement any “Quality measure” of HealthCare Services as they see fit.
* PG 633 14-25/ 634 1-9 The Secretary may issue non-endorsed “Quality Measures” for Physician Services & Dialysis Services.
* PG 635 – 653 Physicians Payments Sunshine Provision
* PG 654-659 Public Reporting on Health Care-Associated Infections.
* PG 660-671 Doctors in Residency – Government will tell you where your residency will be, thus where you’ll live.
* PG 676-686 Government will regulate hospitals in every aspect of residency programs, including teaching hospitals.
* PG 686-700 Increased Funding to Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.
* PGs 701-704 Section 1619 If your part of HealthCare plan that isn’t in Government HealthCare Exchange but you qualify for Federal aid, no payment.
* PG 705-709 SEC. 1128 If Secretary gets complaints on HealthCare provider or supplier, Government can do background check.
* PG 711 Lines 8-14 The Secretary has broad powers to deny HealthCare providers/suppliers admittance into HealthCare Exchange.
* Pg 719-720 Section 1637 any Doctor who orders durable medical equipment or home medical services must be enrolled in Medicare.
* PG 722 Section 1639 Government Mandates Doctors must have face-to-face with patient to certify patient for Home Health Services.
* PG 724 23-25 PG 725 1-5 The same Government certifications will apply to Medicaid & CHIP. Pg 735 lines 16-25 For law enforcement purposes, the Secretary of Health & Human Services will give Attorney General access to all data.
* PG 724 Lines 16-22 Government reserves right to apply face-to-face certification for patient to ANYany other HealthCare service.
* PG 740-757 Government sets guidelines for subsidizing the uninsured
*Pg 757-762 Fed Government will shift burden of payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) to States.
* PG 763 1-8 No DS/EA hospitals will be paid unless they provide services without regard to national origin
Don't get me wrong, I think there are problems aplenty with healthcare, but THIS was not the way to fix it.