red states rule
03-26-2013, 03:18 PM
Leave it to Dems to never miss a chance to expand their base. I.E - the takers
The online draft applicationhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#) for universal health care coverage includes asking the applicant if he or she wants to register to vote, raising speculation that Obama groups being tapped to assist applicants may sway them to register as Democrats, the Washington Examiner reports.
Toward the end of the 61-page document (http://waysandmeans.house.gov/uploadedfiles/pdf_cms_1_031313.pdf), and after a slew of questions regarding the applicant’s qualifications for Obamacare, the questionnaire asks if they would like to register to vote. Paul Bedard (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/paul-bedard/) of the Examiner poses that the placing of the question could lead applicants to believe they have to register in order to receive coverage.
“This document-the ‘questionnaire’-represents each possible item that may need to be asked for successful eligibility determinations,” the introduction to the draft application states.
Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/charles-boustany-jr/), Louisiana Republican and chair of the Househttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#) Ways and Means Oversight subcommittee, wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius Monday, saying the department has exceeded its authority.
“The draft documentshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#) wander into areas outside the department’s purview and links applications for health insurance subsidies to voter registration,” he wrote in the letter. “The position of the question could lead some to think voter registration is somehow tied to subsidy eligibility.”
“While the health care law requires that government agencieshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#) collect vast information about Americans’ personal lives, it does not give your department an interest in whether individual Americans choose to vote,” he wrote.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#ixzz2OjpTVo9m
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter (http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=ctd-fI3Dar4z1uacwqm_6r&u=washtimes)
The online draft applicationhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#) for universal health care coverage includes asking the applicant if he or she wants to register to vote, raising speculation that Obama groups being tapped to assist applicants may sway them to register as Democrats, the Washington Examiner reports.
Toward the end of the 61-page document (http://waysandmeans.house.gov/uploadedfiles/pdf_cms_1_031313.pdf), and after a slew of questions regarding the applicant’s qualifications for Obamacare, the questionnaire asks if they would like to register to vote. Paul Bedard (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/paul-bedard/) of the Examiner poses that the placing of the question could lead applicants to believe they have to register in order to receive coverage.
“This document-the ‘questionnaire’-represents each possible item that may need to be asked for successful eligibility determinations,” the introduction to the draft application states.
Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/charles-boustany-jr/), Louisiana Republican and chair of the Househttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#) Ways and Means Oversight subcommittee, wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius Monday, saying the department has exceeded its authority.
“The draft documentshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#) wander into areas outside the department’s purview and links applications for health insurance subsidies to voter registration,” he wrote in the letter. “The position of the question could lead some to think voter registration is somehow tied to subsidy eligibility.”
“While the health care law requires that government agencieshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#) collect vast information about Americans’ personal lives, it does not give your department an interest in whether individual Americans choose to vote,” he wrote.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/gop-rep-health-care-app-prompts-voter-registration/#ixzz2OjpTVo9m
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter (http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=ctd-fI3Dar4z1uacwqm_6r&u=washtimes)