Posted on 02/17/2011 3:29:37 PM PST by Nachum
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified in front of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday about the President’s 2012 fiscal year budget and the status of health care reform. Despite the projected $1.6 trillion deficit in the President’s budget, Sebelius claimed that it represents “the blueprint for putting (President Obama’s) vision into action and making the investments that will grow our economy and create jobs.” Here are some of the noteworthy exchanges the Secretary had with Senators on the committee.
Senator Max Baucus (D–MT) lauded the Medicare “doc fix” in the budget, although he expressed a desire for a permanent fix. The doc fix in the budget is a two-year fix paid with spending offsets. However, as Bob Moffit and Kate Nix point out, the temporary fix is paid for with spending offsets far in the future, indicating that the President is once again punting difficult decisions.
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Oooo. I was waiting to get her up before a committee! I wish Heritage had published or shown some of the exchanges that occurred. She has to be SHUT down. Can you imagine references of over 100 being applied to HER alone, in ANY law????? Outrageous.
this woman is/has been given so much power with this unconstitutional Obamacare.
"Government Control!!! ????
Hell, back in 1990, the US Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it… They failed and it closed. Now, we are trusting the economy of our country, the school loan program, our banking system, our auto industry and our health plans to the same nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling whiskey?!"
"What the Heck are we thinking??"
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