claim: congress gave an unelected board "the power to deny care to seniors."
author: tom price
evidence_1: feb 17, 2017 ... this board of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats has the power to deny care  to seniors by deciding unilaterally what care will be paid for. ... has gotten more  involved in health care, more physicians have run for congress.
evidence_2: says the congressional budget office "is expecting a protracted economic  malaise for ... congress gave an unelected board "the power to deny care to  seniors.
evidence_3: may 9, 2013 ... critics worry the board has too much power to possibly cut payments to ...  because the law will give ipab's 15 unelected, unaccountable individuals the  ability to deny seniors access to innovative care, we respectfully decline to ... we  believe congress should repeal ipab, just as we believe we ought to ...
evidence_4: mar 30, 2012 ... says president obama and his allies in congress gave "power" to ... health care  decisions to "a commission of 15 unelected bureaucrats in washington." ... law to  cut medicare in ways that will lead to denied care for seniors."
evidence_5: aug 13, 2011 ... known as the independent payment advisory board, or ipab, it has ... congress  could overrule the panel, but only if it musters a ... critics say this cedes too much  control to what they describe as unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats. ... with  the power to cut payments to doctors and deny seniors care to ...