HHS Plans for Health Care Redistribution using Race

The feds should not be in the health business period. tht is the biggest problem in the industry today.

HHS Plans for Health Care Redistribution using Race Scotty Starnes | April 13, 2011 at 8:39 PM | Tags: Health and Human Service, HHS, race-based health care, The Affordable Care Act | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-52r

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

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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