Posted on 07/07/2009 9:18:29 AM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's congressional allies want to create a powerful insurance commissioner to oversee medical plans nationwide. State regulators say it would duplicate what they do without better protecting consumers. Conservatives bemoan the big government mentality.
The issue could flare as lawmakers push to meet an ambitious schedule for votes on health care legislation before their August vacation.
Like the notion of a government insurance plan to compete with private companies, designating a single official appointed by the president to oversee the market goes to the heart of the federal role.
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The list, ping
Czar from the name Caesar, who had the power of life and death. A fitting title by Caesar Obama.
Why not? Obama now controls everything else.
Need for 0bama after he hires all the Czars, questioned.
When are the Congresscritters going to realize that he is making them totally irrelevent except as 'Yes Men' to his dictatorial programs?
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