Posted on 11/13/2013 6:41:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A performer who pays for good reviews from critics usually isn't any good, and that would seem to be the case for Obamacare, too. Except that it is the taxpayers, not the performer laying out the bribe money, and the magnitude of the bribe dwarfs even the most lavish junkets offered by Hollywood.
The Washington Times has a blockbuster exclusive story:
Two months before enrollment began in the Obamacare exchanges, the administration's top health care official heaped praise on WebMD for launching an online resource to help Americans navigate the complex law.
The consumer health care site had the occasional nice thing to say about Obamacare, too. In one article, it predicted doctors might pick up more patients and crowed in an article titled "7 Surprising Things About the Affordable Care Act" that many consumers already had received insurance refunds under the law.
But what neither Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius nor WebMD mentioned at the time was that the company, which millions of Americans regularly read for health news, also stood to earn millions of dollars from a federal contract to teach doctors about Obamacare.
The contract documents, reviewed by The Washington Times, reward WebMD handsomely. For instance, the fee schedule offers dozens of products, including:
* As much as $126,826 for a single 5,000-word review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
* Up to $68,916 for a four-minute video from an opinion specialist.
* More than $140,000 for an eight-question online quiz.
WebMD says it doesn't believe it had an obligation to disclose to its broad consumer base its $4.8 million contract with the government.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
We’re so screwed..............
Soros is invested in WebMD. Any questions?
I wonder if the WebMD SymptomChecker will ever properly diagnose Palin Derangement Syndrome.
http://www.businessinsider.com/webmd-george-soros-2012-1
Shocking, ain't it?
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I just sent an email through their “contact us” function on their Website. It may not do any good, except they need to know people are aware of deception.
your diagnosis is to take the red pill.
Hell the latest Consumer Reports I received ( a month after the disasterous launch of the Creepcare website)had a feature article that is 100% pie-in-the-sky fantasy about the success of Obamacare. Not a single sentence of it was accurate. It was if they had copied and pasted it whole cloth from Debbie Whatshername-Schultz’s bedtime diary. None of the things it claimed had happened or were happening were true. It read as if it was written before the launch of the website and someone just said run it anyway.
A premmise you can guarantee in every Chicago mob transaction:
It will reward an ally, screw an enemy, or both.
For as much as we’ve spent on O-blah-ma Cair, we could have bought WebMD and their programmers.
Back in 1995 a friend of mine had the idea for a TV program called SECOND OPPINION. Basically doctors would answer questions. She didn’t have the money and couldn’t find investors. If she had thought to make it a website she’d have made millions.
- Time for Obama to bite down on the pill…………...
ALL THE MONEY IN THE USA BELONGS OBAMA, TO USE HOWEVER HE WANTS!! Any other questions?
This wont be the only one. I will bet it will come out that news organizations were also paid, (through middle man marketing companies) to promote obama care. There is a local All news radio station here in LA that did an all day roll out with cheer leader after cheer leader spewing lies.
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