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(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released over 1,000 pages of new documents that show federal health care officials knew that the Obamacare website, when it launched in 2013, did not have the required “authorization to operate” (ATO) from agency information security officials. These documents, obtained from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), come in two productions of records: a 143-page production and an 886-page production. The email records reveal that HHS officials had significant concerns about the security of the Healthcare.gov site leading up to its October 1, 2013, launch[…]
Earlier today an Oklahoma news reporter during a television appearance informed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius just how unpopular Obamacare is with Americans rendering Sebelius speechless. A must see!
REPORTER: At last check, 64 percent of Oklahomans aren’t buying into the health care plan, they don’t like Obamacare, and they’ve been pretty vocal about it, now that’s going to be, still continue to be, a tough sell, but we’ll see how that plays out over the coming months.
(Silence)
REPORTER: Alright, Secretary Sebelius, thank you so much for being with us this morning. I think we’ve probably lost sound here or something.
SEBELIUS: I can hear you. But I — thanks for having me.
As NOT reported by the mainstream media, at the same time that HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, informed the House, Ways and Means Committee panel at a hearing Wednesday that “there will be ‘no delay’ in enforcing that so-called individual mandate”, the Wall Street Journal was reporting that the Obama administration individual mandate was repealed one week ago until one month before the 2016 elections. Really, but don’t tell anyone because it’s a secret.
Thus, the implications are that Sebelius perjured herself under oath.
“…last week the Administration quietly excused millions of people from the requirement to purchase health insurance or else pay a tax penalty.
This latest political reconstruction has received zero media notice, and the Health and Human Services Department didn’t think the details were worth discussing in a conference call, press materials or fact sheet. Instead, the mandate suspension was buried in an unrelated rule that was meant to preserve some health plans that don’t comply with ObamaCare benefit and redistribution mandates. Our sources only noticed the change this week.
That seven-page technical bulletin includes a paragraph and footnote that casually mention that a rule in a separate December 2013 bulletin would be extended for two more years, until 2016. Lo and behold, it turns out this second rule, which was supposed to last for only a year, allows Americans whose coverage was cancelled to opt out of the mandate altogether….
The clincher is the addition of 2 more exemptions (above) added last December to the list of 12 hardship exemptions already in play. For the full 411 on repeal of the individual mandate, check out Breitbart’s Obamacare’s Hardship Exemption Rules Make the Mandate a Paper Tiger. The article is worth more than its weight in gold.
Clearly, this latest act of lawlessness by the Obama Mafia aka SECRET exemption is intended to (a) give Obama cover until he leaves office and (b) not pose a threat to Progressives in the 2014 mid-term election and 2016 presidential election season.
Once again, the Obama Mafia underestimates the intelligence of voters.
Remember when Barack Obama assured Americans repeatedly that Obamacare would lower the healthcare premiums back to $2500 per family per year.
Well he, who plays golf, fiddles and hobnobs with Hollywood’s Communist elites while the nation burns lied about that too.
In the middle of a hearing yesterday with the House Ways and Means Committee, Health & Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius conceded that health insurance premiums in increase next year but suggested that might increase at a slower rate than they have thus far.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told House Ways and Means Committee members on Wednesday that she expects health insurance rates to increase as the Affordable Care Act takes full effect.
‘I think premiums are likely to go up,’ she conceded under questioning, ‘but go up at a slower pace’ than they have already under Obamacare.
President Obama famously promised in 2008 and 2009 that his health insurance overhaul plan would lower the cost of health care for an average family by $2,500 per year.
And as a March 31 deadline approaches, the date when Americans will face fines if they don’t have medical insurance, Sebelius told the panel that there will be ‘no delay’ in enforcing that so-called individual mandate.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokeswoman Julie Bataille said during a conference call on Tuesday that ‘we have no plans to extend the open enrollment period’ that began amid fits and starts on October 1.
‘In fact, we don’t actually have the statutory authority to extend the open enrollment period in 2014,’ she said.
On Wednesday, Republican Ways and Means chairman Dave Camp asked Sebelius if she agreed.
‘I haven’t seen their statements,’ she replied, despite having been on the conference call, ‘but there is no delay beyond March 31….’
In addition, Senator Dave Camp questioned Sebelius about the number of paid enrollees, previously insurance to which Sebelius could not or would not respond. Camp further queried Sebelius about Harry Reid’s statement that everyone who claims to have experienced Obamacare horrors lied. No different from her responses last year, in each instant, Sebelius’ responded by dancing around the question.
“I think premiums are likely to go up, but go up at a smaller pace than what we’ve seen since 2010.” Kathleen Sebelius. Re-assuring isn’t it?
According to public records obtained by National Review Online, the names of one out of every seven “certified” Obamacare navigators in the state of New Mexico have popped up in the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.
…A hit in the NCIC does not necessarily reflect a criminal conviction. The database can include, for example, arrest records and criminal cases that were dismissed or led to an acquittal, according to the FBI….
…The records obtained by NRO did not specify how many of the 38 navigators with NCIC hits had been convicted of a crime….
How assuring is it to know that millions of people are unknowingly giving their personal and financial information to possible criminals after Kathleen Sebelius confirmed at a hearing last year the likelihood of such occurrences.
The crimes committed by navigators whose names are showing up in the crime databases range from domestic violence to aggravated battery, and aggravated assault, drug charges and child abuse to name a few.
In addition, if it makes you feel better, New Mexican authorities want to assure you that they were careful not to license anyone that they considered a “risk.”
Gives all new meaning to “gangster government” or the “Obama Mafia.”
During a Memphis, Obamacare event this past Friday, Tennessee Senator Brian Kelsey bestowed upon Health & Human Services Czar, Katherine Sebelius a copy of “Website for Dummies.” H/t Breitbart.
Take note of the expression on Simple Sebelius’ face and that of the useful idiots surrounding her. Priceless.
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