United States Department Of Health And Human Resources
Saddling Posterity with Debt
“We believe–or we act as if we believed–that although an individual father cannot alienate the labor of his son, the aggregate body of fathers may alienate the labor of all their sons, of their posterity, in the aggregate, and oblige them to pay for all the enterprises, just or unjust, profitable or ruinous, into which our vices, our passions or our personal interests may lead us. But I trust that this proposition needs only to be looked at by an American to be seen in its true point of view, and that we shall all consider ourselves unauthorized to saddle posterity with our debts, and morally bound to pay them ourselves; and consequently within what may be deemed the period of a generation, or the life of the majority.”
~Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 1813
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United States Department of Health And Human Resources
United States Department of Health And Human
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2010/assets/hhs.pdf
Historical Highlights
The roots of the Department of Health and Human Services go back to the earliest days of the nation:
http://www.hhs.gov/about/hhshist.html
Department of Health and Human Services
$76.8billion+$22.44billion from the Recovery Act
We all know that the US health care system is broken. Obama’s 2010 budget attempts to lay the groundwork for a full scale American health care reform. Major points in his plan are: aligning incentives towards quality health care, promoting efficiency and accountability, encouraging shared responsibility. Obama also sets up a $630 billion 10year reserve fund to help finance the reform. Interesting provisions include several billion dollars to improve Alaskan Natives health care.
Highlights from the Department of Health and Human Services Budget
More Effective Health Care
- Increase health care providers in certain areas – $330 million
- Increase resources to detect, prevents and treat HIV/AIDs domestically – no monetary value stated
Funding for Research
- Support and eventually double cancer research withing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – $6 billion
- Increase funding for research into cause and treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders – $211 million
Support for Families and Youth
- Additional funds for the President’s Zero to Five plan which provides health care to children in need – $1.1 billion
- Expand the Head Start program – $1 billion
- Expand the Child Care and Development Block Grant – $2 billion
- Help low-income families heat and cool their homes – $3.2 billion
Additional Provisions
- Improvement of Native American and Alaskan Natives healthcare – $4 billion
- Improve access to and quality of health care in rural areas – $73 million
http://www.onlineforextrading.com/blog/federal-budget-broken-down/
“…Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. Agencies of HHS conduct health and social science research, work to prevent disease outbreaks, assure food and drug safety, and provide health insurance.
In addition to administering Medicare and Medicaid, which together provide health insurance to one in four Americans, HHS also oversees the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services oversees a budget of approximately $700 billion and approximately 65,000 employees. The Department’s programs are administered by 11 operating divisions, including 8 agencies in the U.S. Public Health Service and 3 human services agencies. …”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/executive-branch
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
“…The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America”. Before its education functions were spun off in 1979, it was called the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
President Harding proposed a Department of Education and Welfare as early as 1923, and similar proposals were also recommended by subsequent presidents, but for various reasons was not implemented.[1] It was only enacted thirty years later as part of the Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1953, transmitted to Congress by Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 12, 1953. This was the only department of the U.S. government to be created through presidential reorganization authority, in which the president was allowed to create or reorganize bureaucracies as long as neither house of Congress passed a legislative veto. This power to create new departments was removed after 1962, and in the early 1980s the Supreme Court declared legislative vetoes unconstitutional.
The department was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 1979,[2] when its education functions were transferred to the newly created United States Department of Education under the Department of Education Organization Act.[3] HHS was left in charge of the Social Security Administration, agencies constituting the Public Health Service, and Family Support Administration.
In 1995, the Social Security Administration was removed from the Department of Health and Human Services, and established as an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States Government.
HHS is administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The United States Public Health Service (PHS) is the main division of the HHS and is led by the Assistant Secretary for Health. The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed service of the PHS, is led by the Surgeon General who is responsible for addressing matters concerning public health as authorized by the Secretary or by the Assistant Secretary of Health in addition to his primary mission of administering the Commissioned Corps. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigates criminal activity for HHS. The special agents who work for OIG have the same title series “1811”, training and authority as other federal criminal investigators, such as the FBI, ATF, DEA and Secret Service. However, OIG Special Agents have special skills in investigating white collar crime related to Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse. Organized crime has dominated the criminal activity relative to this type of fraud.
HHS-OIG investigates tens of millions of dollars in Medicare fraud each year. In addition, OIG will continue its coverage of all 50 States and the District of Columbia by its multi-agency task forces (PSOC Task Forces) that identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals who willfully avoid payment of their child support obligations under the Child Support Recovery Act.
In 2002, the department released Healthy People 2010, a national strategic initiative for improving the health of Americans. …”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services
Background Articles and Videos
Cardinal George warns Obama against moving U.S. towards despotism
HHS Secretary Sebelius Takes Questions from BlogHer on Health Reform
Floor Statement: Sen. Cornyn Talks About Concerns With Kathleen Sebelius for HHS Secretary – Part 1
Floor Statement: Sen. Cornyn Talks About Concerns With Kathleen Sebelius for HHS Secretary – Part 2
Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius at CHC09 (Part 1)
Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius at CHC09 (Part 2)
Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius at CHC09 (Part 3)
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