Obama Administration: Home of the Whopper

The American Thinker ^ | August 10, 2009 | Bryan Riley

[Scanian]

A recent Washington Post op-ed by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius suggests a new motto for the Obama Administration: "Home of the Whopper." The Sebelius piece contains no fewer than 10 health care whoppers, including:

Whopper Number 1: Americans are too stupid to buy their own health insurance.

SEBELIUS: Americans are left to worry about whether they'll get laid off and lose their insurance or wake up from surgery with a $10,000 bill because they didn't read the fine print on their policy.

FACT: Most health care policies are fairly straightforward. My own Health Savings Account plan is so simple that even a congressman could understand it. I pay everything up to the deductible, and the insurance company pays everything after the deductible. According to the America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the number of Americans covered by these plans has grown from 0 in 2004 to 8 million today.

Whopper Number 2: Americans can't get coverage for preexisting conditions.

SEBELIUS: The current health-care system gives insurance companies all the power. They get to pick and choose who gets a policy. They can deny coverage because of a preexisting condition.

FACT: That's not true for the 177 million Americans who have group health insurance, where it's illegal to deny coverage to someone who has a preexisting condition. It's true that someone who waits until after they're sick to apply for an individual policy can be denied coverage or charged a higher premium, but once they're approved their coverage can never be dropped or their premium increased due to a change in their health.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Fishy Whopper ...

[Prophet in the wilderness]

[Nathan Zachary]

"or wake up from surgery with a $10,000 bill because they didn't read the fine print on their policy."

Only a democrat would wake up to that, probably because they never paid their dope dealer.

[Carley]

We used to have health insurance from a company out of state.

It was half the cost of our state’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

Then in it’s infinite wisdom our state legislature passed a law barring the purchase from an out of state insurance company. Wonder how much they got paid off for that new law.

So our cost doubled. Thanks for nothing.

[jws3sticks]

A recent Washington Post op-ed by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius suggests a new motto for the Obama Administration: "Home of the Whopper." The Sebelius piece contains no fewer than 10 health care whoppers

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[Quick Shot]

My state of Florida, requires me to carry maternity for all females (under 50 employees), even though all my female employees have had their tubes tied. (that was their choice, not mine). Also have to provide drug counseling, even though they are fired when they fail the drug test.

[Carley]

Insurance companies pay to play in every state.

Too bad the politicians are so corrupt.

Then again, perhaps the legislators insist on being bribed so a company can operate in their state.

[MissMagnolia]

WH = Whopper House, not White House. Barry will probably send the storm troopers for the Burger King’s crown any day now.

[Sparko]

"People have enough to worry about these days. Americans deserve the peace of mind that only health-care reform can provide. "--Sibelius

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[FreedomPoster]

Did you self-report this thread to flag@whitehouse.gov?

[Richard from IL]

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[elvagejo]

Obamacare first, then communist/democrat concentration camps for the thought criminals.

[lowbridge]

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