BabaRa
19th November 2013, 17:07
A new investigation has revealed that one of the foremost online resources for health information accepted millions of dollars from the federal government in exchange for its promotion of Obamacare. As reported by The Washington Times, the federal government awarded WebMD a $4.8 million contract for its agreement to post pro-Obamacare propaganda on its website, including the deceptive article "7 Surprising Things About the Affordable Care Act."
A contract document obtained by The Washington Times reveals that the Obama administration funneled cash lump sums to WebMD each time it posted articles or information endorsing the health care program. WebMD also reportedly accepted funds as part of a federal scheme to indoctrinate physicians about Obamacare, so that they, too, could dispense propaganda about the program to help build support for it.
Based on the leaked fee schedule, it was revealed that WebMD had been contracted to receive $126,826 in taxpayer funds for each single 5,000 word review article it posted on scientific advances in a specific clinical topic. The site also received nearly $70,000 for a single four-minute video it posted from an opinion specialist. And an astounding $140,000 was awarded for a single eight-question online quiz posted to the site.
"This is truly pernicious on multiple levels," stated Charles Lipson, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, to American Thinker's Thomas Lifson. "This story deserves wide publicity -- and WebMD should be shamed again and again. (Makes me wonder if other news outlets are receiving ACA money. Inquiring minds want to know.)"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/12/webmds-healthy-deal-with-obamacare-millions-of-dol/
I personally don't go to doctors, except for trauma (cut off a limb, etc), I feel everyone has a right to free healthcare if they want it, but not forced health care for people like myself, who will not be using it. And while Obamacare has always had the pretense of doing something good, in my mind all it will be doing is giving out more drugs to more poor people, while making the middle class pay for it. The only ones I ever saw winning was the pharmaceutical companies. Of course now it's become a political football, neither party really caring about the healthcare of the US citizens.
A contract document obtained by The Washington Times reveals that the Obama administration funneled cash lump sums to WebMD each time it posted articles or information endorsing the health care program. WebMD also reportedly accepted funds as part of a federal scheme to indoctrinate physicians about Obamacare, so that they, too, could dispense propaganda about the program to help build support for it.
Based on the leaked fee schedule, it was revealed that WebMD had been contracted to receive $126,826 in taxpayer funds for each single 5,000 word review article it posted on scientific advances in a specific clinical topic. The site also received nearly $70,000 for a single four-minute video it posted from an opinion specialist. And an astounding $140,000 was awarded for a single eight-question online quiz posted to the site.
"This is truly pernicious on multiple levels," stated Charles Lipson, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, to American Thinker's Thomas Lifson. "This story deserves wide publicity -- and WebMD should be shamed again and again. (Makes me wonder if other news outlets are receiving ACA money. Inquiring minds want to know.)"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/12/webmds-healthy-deal-with-obamacare-millions-of-dol/
I personally don't go to doctors, except for trauma (cut off a limb, etc), I feel everyone has a right to free healthcare if they want it, but not forced health care for people like myself, who will not be using it. And while Obamacare has always had the pretense of doing something good, in my mind all it will be doing is giving out more drugs to more poor people, while making the middle class pay for it. The only ones I ever saw winning was the pharmaceutical companies. Of course now it's become a political football, neither party really caring about the healthcare of the US citizens.