Update 5/29/10. While visiting my parents today I asked my mom if they had received the notorious propagandized brochure. Lo and behold, they had! So I brought it home and scanned it for your viewing pleasure.
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Gotta give her credit. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has no shame. First she is clueless about how much H/C high risk pools will cost. This video bears repeating. It’s one where you don’t know whether to laugh or cry:
Now the Senate GOP is after her again. They wrote Sebelius a letter stating her new Medicare brochure to seniors is “misleading.” Highlights of the letter state to her:
- The first paragraph claims the H/C bill will increase quality of care to seniors, while we know that many providers will end their participation in Medicare.
- The second paragraph claims the new H/C bill will keep Medicare “strong and solvent.” However, the chief actuary states this may be “unrealistic.”
- The brochure states “your guaranteed benefits won’t change” while the chief actuary states cuts to Medicare Advantage will include “less generous benefit packages.”
They call the brochure:
“at best inappropriate and a wasteful use of taxpayer dollars and at worst a gross misuse of taxpayer funds to provide biased information for political purposes.”
They ask that she provide info as to who initiated the brochure, if she proofed it, if White House staff were involved (no brainer there), who the contractor was who designed and printed the brochure, details of how the brochure is being distributed, who paid for the brochure and how much. Propaganda from the Liar-in-Chief . They are asking for a response no later than June 11, 2010. The signers are: Mitch McConnell, John Barrasso, Jon Kyl, Lamar Alexander, Charles Grassley, Mike Enzi, John Thune, and Tom Coburn. What could be lousier than this. Taking advantage of our seniors for political gain. Crossposted
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