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Related: About this forumGOP Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) Tears Into Sebelius: 'Why Aren’t You Losing Your Health Insurance?'
During Wednesday mornings House hearing on the Obamacare site, Republican Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) and HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius engaged in a highly-contentious debate over why the latter has not enrolled herself in the insurance exchanges established by the law she oversees.
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http://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-rep-tears-into-sebelius-why-arent-you-losing-your-health-insurance/
p.s. Also, Sebelius is 65 years old. IF she did not have employer provided insurance she probably would not buy insurance on the exchange because she would be eligible for Medicare.
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GOP Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) Tears Into Sebelius: 'Why Aren’t You Losing Your Health Insurance?' (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Oct 2013
OP
He took himself out of the program for federal employees, apparently. nt
proverbialwisdom
Oct 2013
#8
elleng
(130,906 posts)1. Did she say, 'Same reason YOU're not???'
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)8. He took himself out of the program for federal employees, apparently. nt
Autumn
(45,084 posts)2. Well gee, has asshole Gardner lost his?
I don't think so. She works for the government, and unless I'm remembering wrong she old enough for medicare.
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)3. because you didn't structure the law that way, asshole.
geez, the GOP wants to fuck people over, but they don't even want to do the basic work it takes to do so.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)4. (R) for Ridiculous
An accurate descriptor in Mr. Gardner's case!
dennis4868
(9,774 posts)5. I believe because she is
over 65 she is not eligible for the ObamaCare exchanges.
Pryderi
(6,772 posts)6. He's a dick. nt
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)7. The witch hunters did throw her one softball:
EC
(12,287 posts)9. Has woman ever had a vesectomy
or prostrate operation? It goes both ways. and insurance isn't ala carte.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)10. I think many men have delivered babies.
So have many midwives.
Of course they did not deliver a baby that gestated inside them.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)11. Ellmers can get pretty worked up about this stuff, bent out of shape for sure.