President Obama has appointed more than three dozen “czars” to oversee various parts of the federal executive branch, but none of them would have power even remotely like that to be granted under the latest House version of Obamacare to the newly created position of Health Choices Commissioner.
The Colossus of Rhodes allegedly stood astride an entrance to the harbor of a great Greek shipping city as one of the ancient world’s seven wonders, but not even that guy could match the reach of Pelosi’s HCC, who would be responsible for:
* Managing both the government-run health insurance program and the regulations overseeing all health insurance plans offered by private insurance companies, including those sold to individuals and those offered through employers.
* Negotiating rates to be paid to the nation’s 788,000 practicing physicians and 5,708 hospitals.
* Create and then assess fines for individuals and companies that fail to comply with the new government-run health care program’s multitude of regulations.
In other words, Pelosi’s HCC will be the boss, judge, and jury presiding over one-sixth of the U.S. economy. If you think I am making this up, perhaps you will find a former congressman’s analysis to be more persuasive. Check out these and more facts about Pelosi’s Health Care Super Czar at the Heritage Foundation’s Foundry blog in a post by former Rep. Ernest Istook of Oklahoma.
