Which 'National Network of Community-Based Organizations' Will Health-Care Bill

[Chris_]

Which 'National Network of Community-Based Organizations' Will Health-Care Bill Fund to Monitor Your Diet and Weight?

CNSNews.com) – The health care reform bill approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) would provide federal grants to state and local governments and a “national network of community-based organizations” to "promote healthy living and reduce disparities" and to monitor people's weight, eating, exercise habits and other individual behaviors that affect health at the community level.

The language instituting the program, entitled "Community Transformation Grants," is on pages 382-387 of the bill as posted on the committee's Web site.

The bill states that only three types of entities will be eligible to receive grants under the program: "a--(A) State government agency; (B) local government agency; or (C) national network of community-based organizations."
 
Neither the White House nor the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee responded to inquiries from CNSNews.com about exactly what organzations would be eligible for the grants as a "national network of community-based organzations" and exactly how these community-based organizations would operate.

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In a section entitled, “Community-Based Prevention Health Activities," the bill calls on grant recipients to measure weight loss, physical activity, smoking and other activities of people in the neighborhood.

"In carrying out subparagraph (A), the eligible entity shall, with respect to residents in the community, measure--
"(i)                 decreases in weight;
"(ii)                increases in proper nutrition;
"(iii)               increases in physical activity;
"(iv)               decreases in tobacco use prevalence;
"(v)                other factors using community-specific data from the Behavioral Risk Surveillance Survey; and
"(vi)               other factors as determined by the Secretary [at HHS].”

Can you say ACORN, boys & girls?

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[jtyangel]

I think some of their constituents should be more worried about this, unless they are going to give a poor, fat, and stupid waiver to anyone on food stamps or some other kind of assistance that is overweight. Let me not give them any ideas. 

[thundley4]

Can you say ACORN, boys & girls?

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Prepare to be inspected.   

ACORN won't get all of the money for this.  I'm  sure the Nation of Islam, The Rainbow Coalition, and the Black Panthers will get their share also. 

[Chris_]

ACORN won't get all of the money for this.  I'm  sure the Nation of Islam, The Rainbow Coalition, and the Black Panthers will get their share also. 

Your forgot LULAC, PFLAG, NAMBLA, and of course Planned Parenthood.

[thundley4]

Your forgot LULAC, PFLAG, NAMBLA, and of course Planned Parenthood.

Planned Parenthood does have clinics set up where they can track weight and other lifestyle choices.  Maybe they'll throw drug testing in as a prerequisite for obtaining  government subsidized insurance.    Maybe the Republicans should push for that.