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Sources January 2010

January 4, 2010: Health Care Bill Giveaways No One is Talking About

1. Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator for Vermont.  Newsroom: Senate Bill May Bring Breakthrough for Community Health Centers.  Congressional Quarterly, John Reichard, Congressional Quarterly Healthbeat Editor.  December 23, 2009.

2. Congressional Hispanic Caucus, “Health and the Environment Task Force Priorities.”

3. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  “Immigrants’ Health Coverage and Health Reform: Key Questions and Answers.”  The Kaiser Family Foundation.  December 2009.  Page 4.

4. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  “Immigrants’ Health Coverage and Health Reform: Key Questions and Answers.”  The Kaiser Family Foundation.  December 2009. Page 6.

January 9, 2010: H.R. 3590: The Lies Continue

1. United States Senate Committee on Finance.  Baucus Press.  CMS Actuary Report Indicates Health Care Reform Slows the Growth of National Health Care Spending, Bolsters Medicare Over Time, Health Care Costs Grow at a More Sustainable Rate. December 14, 2009.

2. Department of Health & Human Services.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  Estimated Financial Effects of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009,” as Proposed by the Senate Majority Leader on November 18, 2009. Richard S. Foster, Chief Actuary.  December 10, 2009.  p. 19.

January 17, 2010: H.R. 3590, Part II: Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

1.  July 12, 2000 Testimony on Medicare and Medicaid Fraud, by Penny Thompson, Program Integrity Director, Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, before the House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force.

2.  U.S. Government Accountability Office. Improper Payments, Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Estimating and Reducing Improper Payments.  Statement of Kay L. Daly, Director Financial Management and Assurance.  April 22, 2009.

3.  Comprehensive Medicaid Integrity Plan of the Medicaid Integrity Program FYS 2008 -2012. June 2008.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Medicaid Integrity Group.

4.  Comprehensive Medicaid Integrity Plan of the Medicaid Integrity Program FYS 2008 -2012. June 2008.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Medicaid Integrity Group.

5.  Remarks by the President to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care.  Capitol, Washington, D.C.  September 9, 2009.

6.  Prepared Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa.  Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance.  Hearing of the Senate Republican Conference regarding Medicare Fraud.  Monday, July 28, 2008.

7.  The Department of Health and Human Services And The Department of Justice Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report For FY 2008.  September 2009.

8.  U.S. Government Accountability Office.  Medicaid: Ongoing Federal Oversight of Payments to Offset Uncompensated Hospital care Costs is Warranted.  November 20, 2009.

9.  U.S. Government Accountability Office. Improper Payments, Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Estimating and Reducing Improper Payments.  Statement of Kay L. Daly, Director Financial Management and Assurance.  April 22, 2009.

10. Funding Social Security’s Administrative Costs: Will the Budget Meet the Mission?  Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred  Tenth Congress.  May 23, 2007.

11. United States Senate, Committee on Finance.  Floor Statement of Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Regarding Lower Costs through Health Care Reform.  November 30, 2009.

12. Senate Republican Policy Committee.  RPC Health Care Facts.  Administration’s Chief Health Actuary: “Reform” = more spending , less access, more debt.  November 17, 2009.

13. United States Government Accountability Office.  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  Deficiencies in Contract Management Internal Control Are Pervasive.  October 2009.

14. United States Government Accountability Office.  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  Deficiencies in Contract Management Internal Control Are Pervasive.  October 2009.

January 19, 2010: Obama Calls on Taxpayer to Bend Over for Unions

1. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Union Members in 2008.  January 28, 2009.

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