The feds should not be in the health business period. tht is the biggest
problem in the industry today.
<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> HHS Plans for
Health Care Redistribution using
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Obama's Health and Human Services has the audacity to believe they can make
all people equally healthy. They believe they have the power to reduce
"health disparites" among racial and ethnic minorities.
>From HHS.gov<http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/04/04hdplan04082011.html>
*Objective:* Outlines goals, strategies and actions HHS will take to *reduce
health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities*. It builds on
provisions of the Affordable Care Act which will help address the needs of
racial and ethnic minority populations by bringing down health care costs,
investing in prevention and wellness, supporting improvements in primary
care, and *creating linkages between the traditional realms of health and
social services*.
I feel discriminated against. I want cheap health insurance too.
*Issue:* * A health disparity is a particular type of health difference that
is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage.
Racial and ethnic minorities still lag behind in many health outcome
measures. They are less likely to get the preventive care they need to stay
healthy, more likely to suffer from serious illnesses, such as diabetes or
heart disease, and when they do get sick, are less likely to have access to
quality health care*. Disparities are documented in many conditions,
including: cardiovascular disease, asthma, diabetes, flu, infant mortality,
cancer, HIV/AIDS, chronic lower respiratory diseases, viral hepatitis,
chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, kidney disease, injury deaths,
violence, behavioral health, and oral health.
Is the HHS going to mandate that minorities get preventative care or face a
fine? This is what they are doing if individuals don't buy
government-approved health insurance. HHS acts as if 'others' don't suffer
from the ailments above.
*Highlights:* Within the framework of the HHS Action Plan, the five overall
goals for reducing disparities and associated action steps include:
1. Transform Health Care: Action steps include expanding insurance
coverage, increasing access to care through development of new service
delivery sites and introducing quality initiatives such as increased
utilization of medical homes.
2. Strengthen the Nation’s Health and Human Services Workforce: Action
steps include a new pipeline program for recruiting undergraduates from
underserved communities for public health and biomedical sciences careers,
expanding and improving health care interpreting and translation, and
supporting more training of community health workers, such as promotoras.
3. Advance the Health, Safety and Well-Being of the American People:
Action steps include implementing the CDC’s new Community Transformation
Grants, and additional targeted efforts to achieve improvements in
cardiovascular disease, childhood obesity, tobacco-related diseases,
maternal and child health, flu and asthma.
4. Advance Scientific Knowledge and Innovation: Action steps include
implementing a new health data collection and analysis strategy authorized
by the Affordable Care Act, and increasing patient-centered outcomes
research.
5. Increase the Efficiency, Transparency and Accountability of HHS
Programs: Actions steps include ensuring that assessments of policies and
programs on health disparities will become part of all *HHS
decision-making.* Evaluations will measure progress toward reducing
health disparities.
The Affordable Care Act offers the potential to meet these goals and address
the needs of racial and ethnic minority populations.
And here I thought the health care system was designed to protect us all.
Remember, all these new programs and treatments will not add to the deficit
(sarcasm). Race-based health care brought to us by the Obama regime.
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