White House Muzzles Medi-Care Contracted Insurance Companies -ConfronttheLeft.blogspot.com

The White House put a gag order out after Humana Insurance Co. sent mailings to it’s insured warning them that new health-care legislation could cut their Medi-Care benefits.


You liberal 1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech protecting activists should be screaming your little heads off in traffic by now. What about you guys at the ACLU? Anything to say?

You people are as unprincipled as you are predictable. And you wonder why those of us with backbones call you the Marxists that you are. Or do you wonder?

It appears that Max Baucus (D-MO), Finance Committee Chairman, urged the White House to implement the gag order. This is the same Max Baucus who is trying to push through the health-don't-care bill. And what is his argument?

It is wholly unacceptable for insurance companies to mislead seniors regarding any subject. False claims in the Humana letter to beneficiaries include the threat of seniors losing benefits in the Medicare Advantage program. In fact, the America’s Health Future Act does not include cuts to Medicare benefits.

Really? What part of the 1st Amendment states that the government can infringe upon misleading political speech? If the government has the authority to stifle political speech which it deems misleading, then what is the purpose of the 1st Amendment Sen. Baucus?

The federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stated:

We are concerned that the materials Humana sent to our beneficiaries may violate Medicare rules by appearing to contain Medicare Advantage and prescription drug benefit information, which must be submitted to CMS for review.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had a few words to say on the matter.

CNSNews.com reported that the letters have disclaimers that state:

Neither the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services nor the Medicare program has reviewed these materials for accuracy or misrepresentation.

CNSNews.com claims that the self addressed return envelopes were addressed to Humana’s corporate office in Kentucky, not to CMS in Washington, D.C.

CNSNews.com also states that the letter bears Humana’s corporate logo and was signed by Humana’s chief medical officer.

In case you haven’t been duly informed by our MSM, Douglas Elmendorf, director of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), backed Humana’s claim during testimony before Sen. Baucus' own Senate Finance Committee:

The effect of the original chairman’s mark on Medicare Advantage enrollment in 2019, would be a reduction of roughly 2.7 million people or 20 percent of the enrollment - The competitive bidding process would reduce the extra benefits that would be made available to beneficiaries through Medicare Advantage plans.

Elmendorf added:

The additional benefits would be smaller: $42 in additional benefits per month in 2019, and it’s a little less than half of what we would project under current law.
Take a look at Sen. Baucus’ (D-MO) attempt at silencing Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) on the floor of congress.

How come the Left hasn't accused Douglas Elmendorf, director of the CBO, of being a racist...yet? I mean come on, he's a white guy...in a suit...with budget numbers that differ from Obama's...and Obama is half black. Obviously he's a gigantic racist. You Democrats are really taking your eyes off the ball here.

Take a look at Sen. Baucus’ attempt at silencing Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) on the floor of congress.

And last week, Sen John Kerry (D-MA) disagreed with a Republican proposal to have the would be health-careless bill put on-line for a 72 hour public viewing. Kerry stated:

This is fundamentally a delay tactic. I mean, let's be honest about it. The legislative language, everybody knows, is relatively arcane, legalistic, and most people don't read the legislative language.

Hm...is a fundamental delay tactic worse then a regular delay tactic?

So what are you worried about Sen.Kerry; a 3 day delay?

If Sen. Kerry’s comment isn’t incriminating enough for those of you who don’t know when you’re being conned, here’s what Obama said during his speech at the University of Maryland to an audience of college students on September 18th:

Health care is about more than the details of a policy. It’s about what kind of country you want to be. Young people, it's about what kind of country you want to be.

Did he really say that, you ask? Yes

I wonder how many students thought to themselves - gee, that's what my English professor lectured on this morning.

America, Washington has a message for you that I will translate into English for those of you who don’t have a Liberish to English translator:
Hope is here, so shut up, stop asking questions, and get out of the way.