Obamacare wasting USA money Liberty Banner HHS Has Spent At Least $44 Million on Obamacare Translation Services More Info March 24, 2014 In October 2013, ProEnglish launched an investigation into the amount of taxpayer dollars that were being spent on foreign language translation services under the new health care law (commonly referred to as “Obamacare”). ProEnglish submitted a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request to HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) seeking all records tending to demonstrate any costs incurred for translation or interpretation of Obamacare materials into languages other than English. FOIA Although HHS is required to comply with the request to hand over documents within 20 business days, HHS has ignored our FOIA for months and has yet to turn over any information. But, with the help of FOIA Resource Center, ProEnglish has obtained an HHS spreadsheet listing 15 contracts involving Obamacare translation and interpretation services spending. Records published at usaspending.gov indicate that the agency has spent more than $44 million since Obamacare became law on services and materials provided in languages other than English. In other words, the amount of money that HHS has spent on foreign language translation services since the ACA was signed into law could have paid for 1,128,205 mammograms, 2,095 knee-replacements, and 414 coronary bypass surgeries
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:55:15 +0000
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