Growls

CNSNews.com reports a list of the 111 federal bureaucracies that would be created under House Speaker Pelosi’s healthcare reform bill, H.R. 3962. The list of the 111 “new boards, bureaucracies, commissions, and programs created in the House health care bill” was compiled by the House Republican Conference. Here are the first 10 of the 111 bureaucratic elements (including section and page numbers):

• Retiree Reserve Trust Fund (Section 111(d), p. 61)
• Grant program for wellness programs to small employers (Section 112, p. 62)
• Grant program for State health access programs (Section 114, p. 72)
• Program of administrative simplification (Section 115, p. 76)
• Health Benefits Advisory Committee (Section 223, p. 111)
• Health Choices Administration (Section 241, p. 131)
• Qualified Health Benefits Plan Ombudsman (Section 244, p. 138)
• Health Insurance Exchange (Section 201, p. 155)
• Program for technical assistance to employees of small businesses buying Exchange coverage (Section 305(h), p. 191)
• Mechanism for insurance risk pooling to be established by Health Choices Commissioner (Section 306(b), p. 194)

Take a look at the other 91 items on that list. By the way, compare the Republican and Democrat health care plans. Here's the 1,990-page Democrat's plan (requires Adobe), and here's the 219-page Republican plan.