Posted on 10/30/2013 3:45:44 AM PDT by Kaslin
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is allergic to the truth. She is the ruthless enforcer of Obamacare's Jenga tower of lies upon lies upon lies. Now that this fatally flawed government edifice is collapsing, you can expect Sebelius to do what she has done her entire career: blame, bully and pile on more lies.
Three years ago, when insurers and other companies had the audacity to expose Obamacare's damage to their customers and workers, Sebelius brought out her brass knuckles. Remember? As I reported at the time, the White House coordinated a demonization campaign against Anthem Blue Cross in California for raising rates because of the new mandate's costs. Obama singled out the company in a "60 Minutes" interview, and Sebelius sent a nasty-gram demanding that Anthem "justify" its rate hikes to the federal government.
A private company trying to survive in the marketplace was forced to "explain" itself to federal bureaucrats and career politicians who have never run a business (successful or otherwise) in their lives. Sebelius went even further. She called on Anthem to provide public disclosure of how the rate increases would be spent -- a mandate that no other private companies must follow.
In an even more heavy-handed effort to suppress criticism, Sebelius wrote America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national association of health insurers, "calling on their members to stop using scare tactics and misinformation to falsely blame premium increases for 2011 on the patient protections in the Affordable Care Act." The threatening cease-and-desist letter commanded: "I urge you to inform your members that there will be zero tolerance for this type of misinformation and unjustified rate increases. ... Simply stated, we will not stand idly by as insurers blame their premium hikes and increased profits on the requirement that they provide consumers with basic protections."
The speech-stifling gag order declared war on every opponent of Obamacare who dared to question the administration's phony claims of cost-savings or expanded access. When McDonald's notified the feds that it might have to cancel health insurance plans for 30,000 workers because of Obamacare's effective prohibition on low-cost plans, Sebelius slammed The Wall Street Journal for reporting the story. She then rushed to issue McDonald's an Obamacare waiver, the first of thousands to quell criticism and bleeding.
Health care policy analyst Merrill Matthews points out that Sebelius cracked her whip against health insurer Humana even before the law had passed. When the insurer warned seniors that an Obamacare proposal to cut reimbursements could harm their Medicare Advantage benefits and coverage, Sebelius demanded that the company "suspend potentially misleading mailings to beneficiaries about health care and insurance reform."
The warning, of course, proved true. In September 2010, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care canceled MA policies covering 22,000 seniors precisely because of Obamacare rules on reimbursements and MA-style plans.
Sebelius' power-mad partner on Capitol Hill, Henry Waxman, targeted companies including Deere, Caterpillar, Verizon and ATT in a brass-knuckled effort to silence companies speaking out about the cost implications and financial burdens of Obamacare. After the firms reported write-downs related to the Obamacare mandate (disclosures that are required by law), Waxman scheduled an inquisition hearing to berate them publicly. After the Democrats' own congressional staff pointed out that the companies "acted properly and in accordance with accounting standards" in submitting filings that were required by law, Waxman called off the hounds.
It was a temporary reprieve. Caught with their pants down on the Obamacare website abomination and unable to stifle the cries of millions of Americans who are unable to keep the plans and doctors they like, Sebelius and her corrupt company are now blaming insurers, contractors and customers for the Obama administration's ideological mess. In short: They lied, but for your own good. Culture of Corruption 101.
Mean liberals suck.
liberals period do
Damn, thought the title said “Buggery”
Bookmark.
Blue cross ad gone comic. Shows retrieval of items from ear canal for little boy who evedentall has a propensity for such while vaudeville music plays.
Oh go in to the doctor can be so fun an funny too just like obahhma.
There are communists among us, undermining our republic, full on, right out in the open. Sebelius is one of them.
I have no earthly idea why we all just stand idly by and allow it.
This administration did not take over in a coup, the voters gave it to them. We are in the final stages of becoming a Socialist Society. We are entering a stage where in fairness no one should have more than anyone else (unless you are in the ruling elite, then there are all kinds of special services available).
Those that work hard and achieve must be punished, those that just get by must be rewarded.
Henry Waxman has a very poor genetic history and makeup. Truly, S*** floating to the top.
Not cancellation letters, just “transitions.”
Boy can they spin.
“I have no earthly idea why we all just stand idly by and allow it.”
I guess because we still follow the rule of the law and Barry wants us to go over the edge. Then he can use those billions of rounds that he bought. He’s looking for an excuse.
“I have no earthly idea why we all just stand idly by and allow it.”
I always wondered the same thing about Jews lining up to get on cattle cars, and gas chambers. Could never understand, now I get it.
But somehow, taxpayers are supposed to casually sit still for the kind of summary power grab “O” and his creatures make daily and almost hourly.
Really?
BTW-Neither “O” or even ONE of his creatures is fit to 'take charge' of a web site much less the government of the most powerful national entity in the known universe. I can't wait for this sham to END.
“I have no earthly idea why we all just stand idly by and allow it.”
Some of us have limited options, locked into mortgages with families dependent on us. I’d recommend looking to the illegal aliens for guidance; they contribute nothing and get the freebies (they are bankrupting the system). Here in NJ the underground economy is huge (and growing).
It did not last in the soviet union and it will not last here... even if we have to divide and go our separate ways.
How they are getting paid? I guarantee not from 0bama’s own wallet
If she could ruthlessly maintain a person's worth by the placement of
their body inside their mother, then she could easily do the same thing
for a person in a hospital bed, nursing home, jail cell, or conservative home.
This lady was put in charge of our access to healthcare.
Spin... they lie like satan and are of satan.
Blaming insurers and others for the problems with this mess is equivalent to saying that the cock crowing causes the sun to rise. Just nuts.
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