Posted on 03/31/2008 9:16:34 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out.
Clinton, who is being pressured to end her campaign against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination, has made her plan for universal health care a centerpiece of her agenda.
The campaign provides health insurance to all its employees, their spouses, partners and children – and that wasn’t interrupted by any lag in payments to insurance providers, said Jay Carson, a Clinton campaign spokesman.
He said the campaign this month paid off all outstanding bills to Aetna Healthcare and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Those payments will be reflected on a report the campaign will file this month with the Federal Election Commission, which Carson said will show “zero debt owed to both vendors.”
“Sometimes invoices are not paid immediately because we need additional information for our records, or to verify expenses,” Carson said in a statement emailed to Politico. “Sometimes invoices arrive at the very end of the month at the cut-off of the reporting period, which means that we are required to report them as a debt on the current FEC report, even where they are paid in regular course during the next month.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
First they say that Hillary is NOT paying healthcare bills, then it describes how she advocates Gub'ment-paid healthcare, and finally explains that the bills "may" already be paid...
Anybody but me notice this?
Yup, I noticed it right away without even having to read the whole article.
First algore is killing polar bears with his Nashville mega-mansion and now this!
And I’m sure there would be hell to pay if the ins. cos. didn’t cover the campaign staff for medical expenses incurred while their premiums went unpaid.
Hillary can’t be concerned about every under capitalized campaign.
Karma.
Ruh-roh!!!!
One of her more callous gems showing her ignorance of small business.
Don’t be silly, the gubment is supposed to pay those bills.
Hillary couldn’t be trusted to competently run a 7-11 for an 8 hour shift.
Dems don’t pay these. Period.
Wellstone didn’t.
Franken didn’t.
And now.........
Yes. It’s obvious as you read the first couple of paragraphs.
Politico is a left-wing web site. Obviously they are in the tank for Obama at the moment.
They have also been making a big thing about hillary’s lying Bosnia sniper story. No need for the conservatives to say anything—the leftist media are jumping all over her. Newsweak is also among the lynchers.
Absolutely.
While most employers pay their health insurance bills on time, they don’t usually get the payment out the door the same day the invoice comes in. so if the campaign had to file a report in that in-between time, of course there’d be an outstanding payable for it.
looks like their trying to make something out of nothing here... This sort of hipocracy is far more interesting:
http://shadowculture.com/movies/doom/10/4.html
If the story’s true, the real question that’ll never be answered is why Aetna kept the coverage in effect although they were stiffed for two months. Of course, all Freepers already know the answer.
Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out...
what? healthcare queen Hillary??
I’m SO shocked.........NOT!
I’m not convinced that Politico.com is part of the anti-clinton media exactly but when they get a tip from Obama they do follow it.
If Socialists won’t pay for socialism, who will?
If Socialists won’t pay for socialism, who will?
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