red states rule
09-11-2010, 11:04 AM
Another example on how this administration will deal with anyone who dares to speak out against their polices and tell the truth about the effects of those policies
Now the Obama administartion is telling insurance companies to shut up or they will be delt with
Adopting language and tactics more typical of tyrants, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday sent a public letter to the head of a health insurance industry group demanding that carriers stop "falsely blaming premium increases for 2011 on the patient protections in the Affordable Care Act," and that "that there will be zero tolerance for this type of misinformation and unjustified rate increases."
She reinforced her short-term threat with a longer-term one:
We will also keep track of insurers with a record of unjustified rate increases: those plans may be excluded from health insurance Exchanges in 2014. Simply stated, we will not stand idly by as insurers blame their premium hikes and increased profits on the requirement that they provide consumers with basic protections.
When Sebelius threatens exclusion from the "Exchanges," she is really saying: "Shut up and eat your costs, or you'll be out of business in a few years."
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2010/09/10/sebelius-health-insurers-shut-or-else-about-obamacare-increasing-premium#ixzz0zEmxbpZG
Now the Obama administartion is telling insurance companies to shut up or they will be delt with
Adopting language and tactics more typical of tyrants, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday sent a public letter to the head of a health insurance industry group demanding that carriers stop "falsely blaming premium increases for 2011 on the patient protections in the Affordable Care Act," and that "that there will be zero tolerance for this type of misinformation and unjustified rate increases."
She reinforced her short-term threat with a longer-term one:
We will also keep track of insurers with a record of unjustified rate increases: those plans may be excluded from health insurance Exchanges in 2014. Simply stated, we will not stand idly by as insurers blame their premium hikes and increased profits on the requirement that they provide consumers with basic protections.
When Sebelius threatens exclusion from the "Exchanges," she is really saying: "Shut up and eat your costs, or you'll be out of business in a few years."
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2010/09/10/sebelius-health-insurers-shut-or-else-about-obamacare-increasing-premium#ixzz0zEmxbpZG