Prog Talking Point Deconstruction provided by Sarah Palin.
IPAB is a panel of 15 unelected and unaccountable government bureaucrats that would essentially allocate Medicare funds, deciding on which specific care and medical proceedure to approve or reject. In order for the decision that the 15 bureaucrats that sit on the IPAB board make to be overturned, Congress would have to have a supermajority vote. Something that isn’t likely to happen very often.
Further prog deconstruction. If “Death Panels” do not exist then why would a bi-partisan congressional committee be voting recently to eliminate them?
As reported by THE HILL:
Bipartisan legislation to repeal the healthcare law’s cost-control board sailed through a House panel on Wednesday, raising pressure on the Senate to take up the bill and dealing President Obama a political blow.
The Energy and Commerce Health subcommittee vote was 17-5, with ranking member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) crossing the aisle to vote for repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board. There were no amendments. (article)
