1.0Center for Public Integrityhttps://publicintegrity.orgadminhttps://publicintegrity.org/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RFAMDFztjt"><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/gop-deficit-cutters-eye-health-it-stimulus-funds-as-obamas-point-man-leaves/">GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/gop-deficit-cutters-eye-health-it-stimulus-funds-as-obamas-point-man-leaves/embed/#?secret=RFAMDFztjt" width="600" height="338" title="“GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves” — Center for Public Integrity" data-secret="RFAMDFztjt" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://i0.wp.com/publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Blumenthal_0.jpg?fit=1260%2C840&ssl=11260840Billions of unspent stimulus dollars intended to jump-start health care providers’ transition from paper to electronic records have suddenly become a target for lawmakers looking in every corner of the federal budget for cuts. But backers of health information technology will have to make their case for preserving the money without help from the Obama […]