Posted on 12/09/2014 6:15:01 AM PST by NautiNurse
"Voters are stupid" economist Jonathan Gruber and Marilyn Tavenner face Issa and the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee today on C-SPAN 3.
FOX News reports that Tavenner has asked that she be seated anywhere but next to Gruber. Apparently, Gruber is radioactive. Time will tell whether this affliction is covered under Obamacare.
This Cartwright man is a dolt.
“unburdened by excessive concern for the truth...” <-describes pretty much everybody in Congress.
Chafetz cooly replies, “do you understand the question?”
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nice way to call Gruber stupid - who is stupid now?
The president will work with Congress?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
healthcare expenditure has slowed because people can’t afford to go to the doctor anymore.
Bingo.
BTTT!
copays and deductible not included in increases.
Can't we just get back to torturing Gruber?
He asks about premium increase under ACA, she lies with a "single digit" response.
McHenry (R-NC)up
Spending has also slowed because government reimbursements are arbitrarily remitted at lower than expected amounts. We know this because as the government squeezes doctors, more of them are deciding to opt out of services for clients where treatment is paid for by a government check.
Good point. Lower costs because we’re just not paying doctors for their work. Ha ha!
At the rate Gruber’s going, he’ll be claiming he’s actually never even heard about Obamacare until right now.
McHenry thanks Gruber for his “moment of transparency” (referring to content in the previously circulated videos) and inferring less than transparent today...
“There was no moment of clarity - of honesty - that most Americans... that maybe we should put the brakes on this, that so many Americans will lose their health care plan?”
Gruber - “I conveyed that there would be *churn* in the market” (in Gruber’s models)(cf. “people would lose their plans”)
I have Feinstein on Fox in the background, but watching Gruber hearing on C-Span3. Can’t even trust Fox to put on what is important to people.
Gerald Connolly was absolutely smarmy ... made my skin crawl.
This Cannon guy seems to think SCOTUS will ditch ACA with Halbig, and the questions to CMS seem to support that. Does anybody really expect the subsidized enrollees to be following all the suits on the matter?
Vermont Marxist up now.
Is he color blind?
I have Feinstein on Fox in the background, but watching Gruber hearing on C-Span3. Can’t even trust Fox to put on what is important to people.
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Any idea why the CIA report is being released today and exactly at the time when Gruber is testifying?
I’ll answer for you - I’m sure you do.
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