[Live Thread] House Energy & Commerce Cmte.: Sec. Sebelius on ACA

http://www.c-spanvideo.org ^ | December 11, 2013 | C-Span

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Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius testifies on the implementation of the Healthcare.gov before the House Energy & Commerce Committee. Share your comments on Facebook and Twitter using #cspanchat. Witnesses:

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius

Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony)

- See more at: http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/ppaca-implementation-failures-whats-next#sthash.oFFqPmd3.dpuf

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3:49 Minutes
Judge Nap – Could gut Obamacare if enough states do this.
South Carolina lawmakers fast track bill that would nullify Obamacare in that state

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewuI8LLlcuc

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Today’s hearing on you tube:
2 hours 19 minutes
PPACA Implementation Failures: What’s Next?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmoXLJwnGjs

[cookcounty]

"And if she is on medicare ? that’s not what she said in the last hearing - she said she was on the federal benefits plan."

She turned 65 in May, so maybe that explains it.

[Go Gordon]

Waxman was telling about people who have new Obamacare plans with NO deductible.

This made me think. WHen a low income uninsured person finds out that they will get subsidized health insurance through healthcaregov.com, are they allowed to sign up for the gold/platinum plan? If it's going to be subsidized, why not order the cadillac instead of the yugo?

[thouworm]

A precious hopeful sign. Why aren’t other states doing this? SC started back in April.

A bill set for fast-track passage in the South Carolina Senate in January aims to eliminate Obamacare in the state. The law could become a model for other states fed up with the federal health-care law.

House Bill 3101, titled the “South Carolina Freedom of Health Care Protection Act,” passed the state House of Representatives last April by a 65-34 vote. The bill now heads to the GOP-controlled Senate with special-order priority, setting up the likelihood that South Carolina will become the first state to exempt citizens and businesses from all participation in the Affordable Care Act.

Same article -— 2 dif threads
South Carolina voting on bill to end Obamacare in state
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3100428/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3099903/posts