The thuggery of Obamacare Czarina Kathleen Sebelius
The thuggery of Obamacare Czarina Kathleen Sebelius
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2013U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is allergic to the truth. She is the ruthless enforcer of Obamacares 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 Obamacares 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 mandates 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 Americas 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.
Cornyn asks a true or false question. Did Obama lie?
Of course, she will not answer. As usual, dealing with accomplished liars is like trying to nail Jello to the wall.