I just posted this on another thread...
Posted on 11/14/2013 7:32:51 PM PST by jimbo123
The Obama administration is offering a "thinly described illegal bribe" to entice insurance companies to reinstate plans they have canceled, GOP operative Karl Rove says.
Appearing Thursday on Fox News Channel's "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren," Rove held up a three-page letter sent out Thursday by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services explaining that the "risk corridor program" would be expanded to help companies "ameliorate unanticipated changes in premium revenue."
The problem, Rove said, is that the risk corridor program applies only to "qualified plans" under the Affordable Care Act – not to grandfathered plans.
"What they're saying in this letter is, we're going to try and find a way to bribe the insurance companies to bring these back by promising we'll give them bonus payments not allowed under the law, not anticipated under the law, not authorized under the law," Rove said.
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Can’t this we deport this guy yet?
Where’s the news in this? Hasn’t bribery been a key component of the Chicago way for decades?
He’s right about this, it’s illegal.
He’s just never right about elections...
Thanks for staying on this. In a sane and decent world, the insurance companies would stand up against the unlawful demands of this regime. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Obama’s stash is seemingly limitless. How does he do it?
Tomorrow is the House vote on Keep Your Plan. Grab some popcorn.
I just posted this on another thread...
Just let the insurance companies know that receiving this money is fraud and will eventually be prosecuted.
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