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Wouldn't helping people behind on their mortgages or student loan payments be a better use for $335 mil than treating canker sores?
Is this change we can believe in?
Oh, I don't know...maybe healthy people work better?????? Don't cause on drain on health care and benefits. ????
A country is only as healthy as it's citizens???
Wouldn't helping people behind on their mortgages or student loan payments be a better use for $335 mil than treating canker sores?
Is this change we can believe in?
Fewer office visits for that "itch" or "burning sensation" down there (or ER visits for those who are uninsured). Less money spent on diagnostic tests and procedures, fewer blood draws & smears, less money spent on pricey antibiotics, less money spent antiviral and anti-inflammatory medication for the stuff that never goes away, oh and the big one, less money spent on those lovely HIV cocktails. That is why PREVENTION has become so prevalent in the field of healthcare because treatments/drugs/procedures/services for PREVENTABLE conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, and STDs is extremely expensive and adding more pressure on an already strained system.
Well Census you've gotten a bunch of non-answers so far. If he wants to address the problem of STD's and people being healthier, fine. Just don't do it in the bailout package that is supposed to address our immediate need for economic stimulation. It's kind of like how does the $4.2 BILLION ACORN is getting help the economy? It doesn't, he's just paying them back for shaking people down and getting him elected.
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If I was the CEO of a bankrupt company that had herpes, rode Amtrak everyday, and was in the country illegally I would be getting a government check for $100 million
Since I'm a middle class legal citizen without an STD I guess I'm screwed in this bailout
Fewer office visits for that "itch" or "burning sensation" down there (or ER visits for those who are uninsured). Less money spent on diagnostic tests and procedures, fewer blood draws & smears, less money spent on pricey antibiotics, less money spent antiviral and anti-inflammatory medication for the stuff that never goes away, oh and the big one, less money spent on those lovely HIV cocktails. That is why PREVENTION has become so prevalent in the field of healthcare because treatments/drugs/procedures/services for PREVENTABLE conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, and STDs is extremely expensive and adding more pressure on an already strained system.
Yes, suuure! That leaves a lot of money left to spend it on hookers, dial a porn, etc. Just kidding This money won't go to the prevention of anything, but to the pharmaceutical industry's shareholders, medical systems, etc.
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Obama wants to spend $400 mil on Global Warming research?
I could ran down to Wal Mart and get him a couple $5 thermometers - what that heck is there to research? I thought Global Warming had already been proven and was a undeniable as a rock in my yard. Maybe we should also spend millions researching where babies come from
SEC. 9202. INVESTMENT IN HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
(a) In General- The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall invest in the infrastructure necessary to allow for and promote the electronic exchange and use of health information for each individual in the United States consistent with the goals outlined in the Strategic Plan developed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Such investment shall include investment in at least the following:
(1) Health information technology architecture that will support the nationwide electronic exchange and use of health information in a secure, private, and accurate manner, including connecting health information exchanges, and which may include updating and implementing the infrastructure necessary within different agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services to support the electronic use and exchange of health information.
(2) Integration of health information technology, including electronic medical records, into the initial and ongoing training of health professionals and others in the healthcare industry who would be instrumental to improving the quality of healthcare through the smooth and accurate electronic use and exchange of health information as determined by the Secretary.
(3) Training on and dissemination of information on best practices to integrate health information technology, including electronic records, into a provider’s delivery of care, including community health centers receiving assistance under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act and providers participating in one or more of the programs under titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act (relating to Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program).
(4) Infrastructure and tools for the promotion of telemedicine, including coordination among Federal agencies in the promotion of telemedicine.
(5) Promotion of the interoperability of clinical data repositories or registries.
The Secretary shall implement paragraph (3) in coordination with State agencies administering the Medicaid program and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
(b) Limitation- None of the funds appropriated to carry out this section may be used to make significant investments in, or provide significant funds for, the acquisition of hardware or software or for the use of an electronic health or medical record, or significant components thereof, unless such investments or funds are for certified products that would permit the full and accurate electronic exchange and use of health information in a medical record, including standards for security, privacy, and quality improvement functions adopted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
(c) Report- The Secretary shall annually report to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, on Ways and Means, on Science and Technology, and on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Finance, on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and on Appropriations of the Senate on the uses of these funds and their impact on the infrastructure for the electronic exchange and use of health information.
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How does spending $335 million on STD PREVENTION stimulate the economy?
This money won't go to the prevention of anything, but to the pharmaceutical industry's shareholders, medical systems, etc.
