Duped: The House Healthcare Bill And Bureaucratic Duplication
I don’t mind health reform. In fact, I believe we need it. But when reform bills fund projects that already exist, or fund special projects for other non-health care professionals, like lawyers, I have to wonder what Congress is doing.
The recently passed House bill (H.R. 3962 pdf) contains a multitude of grants and “demonstration projects.” I wasn’t sure what some of these grants were meant to support, so I looked them up. I was surprised to find that many of the grants duplicate programs or departments already in place. While this list is by no means comprehensive, I thought I would provide a few comments on a few of these grants shown in italics): Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes*
