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Obama Tries to Intimidate Humana Corp to Stop Talking About Public Health Care Option
Yahoo News/The Lid ^ | 9/21/09 | The Lid

Posted on 09/21/2009 5:28:45 PM PDT by Shellybenoit

The Obama administration is continuing its strategy of attacking the first amendment rights of anyone who disagrees with the Obamacare bills making their way through the congress. The latest victim is the Humana Corporation. Humana created a mailing for seniors that talked about the $500 billion dollar Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the Baucus version of the Obamacare bill suggesting that it would lead to service cuts. Baucus contends that the "efficiency fairy" will swoop down and sprinkle dust on the Medicare/Medicaid budgets and make the programs work just the same despite the budget cuts.

Humana doesn't believe in an efficiency fairy, and in its mailing suggested that the budget cuts will lead to service cuts, so the secretary of Health and Human Services is now investigating Humana with the sole purpose of intimidating the insurer to stop sending the mailing:

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhohealthcare; firstamendment; healthcare; humana; intimidation; liberalfascism; obama; publicoption

1 posted on 09/21/2009 5:28:46 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

Humana is the most “cost cutting” company in the universe. Trust me there is no way the Federal government could ever compete with them in cutting costs.


2 posted on 09/21/2009 5:31:17 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: screaminsunshine

Bam lies, but using Salinsky’s rules, his aband of thieves fight back harder and call the truth sayers liars. In this case, I hope that common sense will prevail and people will see that Obama and his thugs lie again while Humana states what is becoming the obvious.


3 posted on 09/21/2009 5:40:16 PM PDT by Ranger Warrior
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To: Ranger Warrior

People are tired of the Health insurance scam while the country and the world are going to hell in a handbasket. NO SALE for Obama. They want security and stability again.


4 posted on 09/21/2009 5:42:50 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: socialismisinsidious


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5 posted on 09/21/2009 8:25:09 PM PDT by socialismisinsidious ( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
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To: socialismisinsidious

Like David Horowitz said on Glenn Beck’s radio show yesterday. There is hope because people are waking up to the lies of this White House. They will try to go after the ringleaders but America is waking up!


6 posted on 09/22/2009 6:36:21 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (OBAMANOCARE: No Privacy, No Choice, No Humanity, No Quality, No Health, No Life)
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To: Shellybenoit; All

here is humana letter

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/humanamailer.pdf

here is HHS letter

http://www.finance.senate.gov/press/Bpress/2009press/prb092109a.pdf


7 posted on 09/22/2009 11:11:45 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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