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Article: Choices czar.(CULTURE)(HOT BUTTON)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Byline: Amanda Carpenter, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Choices czar
The 1,990-page health care bill unveiled by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, creates a new position that would give one government bureaucrat - the health care commissioner (HCC) - considerable control over how Americans get their health care.
If the bill passes, the HCC will lead a new Health Choices Administration that will function as an independent, executive-branch agency. According to the bill, the HCC will determine what essential benefits are in all qualified insurance plans, both private and public; administer affordability credits to help the low-income get ...
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