It’s time for yet another Obama power grab.  The AP reported on Saturday that President Obama wants Congress to give him the power to “limit” the rising costs of Medicare.  A White House letter to top lawmakers on Friday proposed an “independent advisory board” who would look at Medicare reimbursement rates and make recommendations and said the move would be “a critical step forward” in controlling health care costs and providing better care.

Obama would have the power to approve the board’s recommendations, and Congress could “still vote to reject them altogether”.  But this would be an all-or-nothing vote; meaning that if there’s one bad apple, they would have to accept or reject the whole bushel.

State’s rights, varying costs of living across the country and all that good stuff currently set rates regionally.  Obama, the man who has no business experience, the man who has no financial experience except spending other people’s money, the man who thinks spending money on old people who are going to die anyway isn’t necessary, wants that to stop.

Perhaps he fears that his health care “reform” isn’t going to fly and this is a way to insinuate himself into our lives in a different way?  Regardless the reasons, it’s a wicked bad idea and should be promptly tossed into the circular file.

We don’t need no stinkin’ Medicare czar.  Especially when that czar is Barck Hussein Obama.