Progressives Conspire To Steal Private Obamacare Data

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http://www.projectveritas.com/enroll...lth-care-data/

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this should be a partisan extravaganza . . . let the distractions begin . . . .

G.O.P. Maps Out Waves of Attacks Over Health Law

By JONATHAN WEISMAN and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

WASHINGTON — The memo distributed to House Republicans this week was concise and blunt, listing talking points and marching orders: “Because of Obamacare, I Lost My Insurance.” “Obamacare Increases Health Care Costs.” “The Exchanges May Not Be Secure, Putting Personal Information at Risk.” “Continue Collecting Constituent Stories.”

The document, the product of a series of closed-door strategy sessions that began in mid-October, is part of an increasingly organized Republican attack on the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature legislative initiative. Republican strategists say that over the next several months, they intend to keep Democrats on their heels through a multilayered, sequenced assault.

The idea is to gather stories of people affected by the health care law — through social media, letters from constituents, or meetings during visits back home — and use them to open a line of attack, keep it going until it enters the public discourse and forces a response, then quickly pivot to the next topic.

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of course that doesn't rule out compromise, secret or on the QT, keeping the symbol-driven sheeple in the fold . . .


Secret conversations are taking place in Florida between healthcare stakeholders and the legislature that will most likely lead to the Republican-controlled state accepting Medicaid expansion money, according to senior figures in the health industry.

Some health professionals believe the amount of money on offer and the fact that the Republican party benefits from campaign contributions by the health insurance industry means that Florida is likely to find a way take the funding provided by the Affordable Care Act.

It would join a number of states with Republican-dominated legislatures, including Arkansas, Iowa and Wisconsin, to exploit a provision in the ACA that allows them to take the additional cash by providing an alternative to the public Medicaid program.

Donna Shalala, secretary for health and human services under Bill Clinton and now president of the University of Miami, told journalists at a meeting convened by the Kaiser Family Foundation in Miami this week that Republicans in the state would find a way to get over their political opposition to the ACA, also known as Obamacare.

“When people say to me, is Florida ever going to come around, my answer is yes, because a billion dollars is on the table and the stakeholders are big contributors to the Republicans – to the party. They understand that it will be a major economic investment in the state and they are just trying to figure out a way around the ideology in the conversations that are going on,” said Shalala, speaking to journalists at the publicly funded Jackson Memorial Hospital, which partners with the University of Miami.

Shalala's view was supported later by Patrick Geraghty, president and chief executive of the insurance company Florida Blue, who has been involved in discussions in the state and nationally. “We believe strongly that we ought to be taking that funding,” he said. The money should be used to support change and innovation in healthcare systems. “For our state it's $51bn over 10 years. That's a lot of investment in transformation.”

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if ya cant baffle em with BS, buffalo em with bribery?

for the short term bene's, sign the deal with the devil, and committ long term financial suicide...

yep, makes purrrfect sense (if ya wanna dump the 'pubs and replace em with dems)

[don]

Re: Progressives Conspire To Steal Private Obamacare Data

if ya cant baffle em with BS, buffalo em with bribery?

for the short term bene's, sign the deal with the devil, and committ long term financial suicide...

yep, makes purrrfect sense (if ya wanna dump the 'pubs and replace em with dems)

keeping the symbol-driven sheeple in the fold . . .