Former Health and Human Services Sec. Tom Price may have resigned in ignominy for misusing $1 million-plus in taxpayer dollars for comfortable travel, but his goal of using the agency to crusade against Obamacare and promote his selective values (which naturally include controlling women's bodies) lives on. Politico writes:
A “draft strategic plan” for HHS, published before Price resigned last week, references “faith” or “faith-based” organizations more than 40 times in its five-year statement of priorities. The Obama administration’s last strategic plan contained only three such references.
The Price draft also repeatedly mentions protecting individuals from “conception to natural death” — language similar to that used by anti-abortion groups.
Conspicuously absent is virtually any mention of the agency’s responsibility to carry out provisions of the Affordable Act, which had dominated the Obama administration’s plan. Also gone are most references to the health needs of minority groups, from African-Americans who have some of the nation’s worst health outcomes, to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
It's a five-year plan that's expected to survive Price's exit because it's perfectly in line with the administration's goals, which don't include ensuring that Obamacare remains viable or that minority groups of any kind get adequate health care.
from Daily Kos http://ift.tt/2xhygjM
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