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Rep. Jim McDermott, a Democrat, not surprised that Obamacare vulnerable to fraud
washingtontimes.com ^
| December 4, 2013
| Seth McLaughlin
Posted on 12/04/2013 2:22:33 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Rep. Jim McDermott on Wednesday downplayed a report from a Treasury Department watchdog that warned the government subsides that are supposed to help Americans purchase health care under the Affordable Care Act are vulnerable to fraud.
Speaking on C-SPANs Washington Journal, Mr. McDermott, Washington Democrat, said that he has not had time to read the audit, but said that it is no surprise that government programs are subject to fraud.
Medicare is subject to fraud. Taxpaying is subject to fraud. The IRS is subject to fraud, and what you do is as you discover things, you developed mechanisms to catch it, Mr. McDermott said, adding that the law is complicated enough that there are places where people can monkey around with what they are not entitled to. If you take a hundred people, there are a few people in that hundred who will somehow try and get something that they are not entitled to. Most people in this country are honest.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corruption; fraud; irsobamacare; obamacare; obamacarefraud
To: Tailgunner Joe
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posted on
12/04/2013 2:24:57 PM PST
by
molson209
(Hillary Clinton)
To: Tailgunner Joe
They really don’t care about the fraud in their programs.
I’ve talked to libs about the fraud in various programs, and they seem indignant that I would say they don’t care about the fraud, then they fall back on “but the most important thing is to help people”.
So, really, it’s how they feel about themselves as “good people”, and the actual workings of the program are of no import.
3
posted on
12/04/2013 2:25:34 PM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Tailgunner Joe
Really!
Mc Dermott is the scum that was intercepting Republicans’ cell phone calls back in the Clinton era.
4
posted on
12/04/2013 2:26:02 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: MrB
Of course not. That’s their voter pool. The more fraud, the more votes.
5
posted on
12/04/2013 2:29:00 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Tailgunner Joe
ALL OF OBAMACARE ~ IS A FRAUD !!!!
Read
an article from Tom Fife and a comment from
thefife
Let us remember ...
"You Americans are so gullible. No, you wont accept Communism outright.
But we will keep feeding you small doses of socialism
until you finally wake up and realize you already have communism.
We wont have to fight you; well so weaken your economy
that you will fall like over ripe fruit into our hands. "
Nikita Kruschev, Former Soviet Premier
There's NO "ENIGMA" ... to Barack Hussein Obama II.
The DemocratsNational Socialists, and FASCIST Obama are DOING IT ON PURPOSE!!!!
We were warned.
6
posted on
12/04/2013 2:29:40 PM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Tailgunner Joe
McDimwit is an idiot of the first subject! During the 14+ years I “survived” in Sodom on Puget Sound, this idiot was always in the news and every time he opened his cesspool of a mouth he eliminated all doubt. A fool of the first degree.
7
posted on
12/04/2013 2:31:57 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(I am proud to be a Christian and follower of my Lord Jesus Christ. Time is short for U to know Him!)
To: Yosemitest
That picture with the can in the hand is a 3 dollar bill.
8
posted on
12/04/2013 2:32:49 PM PST
by
Stentor
To: Stentor
It’s real, and the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF hates it!
9
posted on
12/04/2013 2:35:05 PM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Stentor
He didn’t want his BEER to get cold.
10
posted on
12/04/2013 2:36:24 PM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
Post 6 has the truth. Obama is part of a long term Communist plan to subvert & take over America. Clinton was a Moscow traveler too, his wife is positioned to be our next president. We are doomed unless American CITIZENS wake up & reject the Democrats in coming elections,
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posted on
12/04/2013 2:58:58 PM PST
by
RicocheT
(Where neither their property nor their honor is touched, most men live content, Niccolo Machiavelli)
To: Tailgunner Joe
If you take a hundred people, there are a few people in that hundred who will somehow try and get something that they are not entitled to. Most people in this country are honest.
Then of course, there are democrats...
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posted on
12/04/2013 3:02:28 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: RicocheT
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posted on
12/04/2013 3:28:41 PM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Tailgunner Joe
what you do is as you discover things, you developed mechanisms to catch itNo, you fool!! Real IT people already KNOW most of the "things." They don't leave all the security out and let the hackers discover the flaws for them. They build in security right from that start. It's part of the job for people with real jobs who work for real businesses.
obama's losers don't have a clue since they never had real jobs.
To: Right Wing Assault
You're right.
They WANT IT TO FAIL !
They DESIGNED IT TO FAIL !
Only idiots and the evil voted for Obama, or ANY of the Democrats.
They've lied to us, constantly, and really are
"Collapsing the System". And now, these "Useful IDIOTS" who voted for them, are buying the lies that "Obamacare was designed to work." ?
It was designed to fail from the start.
THEN ... THEY GO TO THE
"SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM".
They've been sucking our wallets dry for over four years now on the "Obamacare" LIE.
AND NOW THEY WANT MORE TAXES ?
Our Founding Fathers would have hung them already!
Lets review:
Who was it that cut future funding for Medicare by $575 billion?
...the president and the Democratic Party successfully bamboozle voters... The 2012 election could turn on this falsehood.
The truth is that the Obama health law reduces future funding for Medicare by $575 billion over the next 10 years ...
Mr. Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius frequently make that false claim.
Indeed, even Medicare's mailings to seniors repeat the claim that reducing spending on Medicare will make it more financially secure for future years.
The fact is that Mr. Obama's law raids Medicare.
Who was it that moved Medicare Trust Funds out of the "trust box" and into the General Revenue, replacing them with Government I.O.U.s?
Who was it that expanded Medicare and Medicaid to cover many, many more people than it was originally designed to cover?
The History of Medicare
In 1965, the Social Security Act established both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare was a responsibility of the Social Security Administration (SSA), while Federal assistance to the State Medicaid programs was administered by the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS). SSA and SRS were agencies in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). In 1977, the Health Care Financing Administration was created under HEW to effectively coordinate Medicare and Medicaid. In 1980 HEW was divided into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The first U.S. President to propose a prepaid health insurance plan was Harry S. Truman [DEMOCRAT]. On November 19, 1945, in a special message to Congress, President Truman outlined a comprehensive, prepaid medical insurance plan for all people through the Social Security system. The plan included doctors and hospitals, and nursing, laboratory, and dental services; it was dubbed "National Health Insurance." Furthermore, medical insurance benefits for needy people were to be financed from Federal revenues.
Over the years, lawmakers narrowed the field of health insurance recipients largely to social security beneficiaries. A national survey found that only 56 percent of those 65 years of age or older had health insurance. President John F. Kennedy [DEMOCRAT] pressed legislators for health insurance for the aged. However, it wasn't until 1965 that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed H.R. 6675 (The Social Security Act of 1965; PL 89-97) to provide health insurance for the elderly and the poor.
On July 30, 1965, President Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Bill (Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security Act) in Independence, Missouri in the presence of former President Truman, who received the first Medicare card at the ceremony; Lady Bird Johnson, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, and Mrs. Truman also were present. President Johnson remarked: "We marvel not simply at the passage of this Bill but that it took so many years to pass it."
Medicare extended health coverage to almost all Americans aged 65 or older. About 19 million beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare in the first year of the program. Medicaid provided access to health care services for certain low-income persons and expanded the existing Federal-State welfare structure that assisted the poor.
The 1972 Social Security Amendments expanded Medicare to provide coverage to two additional high risk groups disabled persons receiving cash benefits for 24 months under the social security program and persons suffering from end-stage renal disease.
...(continued at link)
So Democrats,
Sen Mark Kirk's
statement Thursday, Dec 1, 2011 ...
"There are 55 million Social Security beneficiaries that will see little or no extra cash from this 2012 tax holiday; instead, the dedicated payroll contributions meant to pay for future benefits are being diverted from the Trust Fund
and replaced with Treasury debt that does not even have a AAA credit rating.
Social Security was designed to be independent and free from the danger of Congressional manipulation,
and maintaining the firewall between the Social Security Trust Fund and general government funding is the best way to maintain the solvency of this important program.
Neither bill protects the Social Security Trust Fund
so I voted no. "
It's not our fault that
DEMOCRATS raided the Social Security Trust Fund. Let's remember ...
Not ALL are to blame for the empty lock box.
It's the Democrats Communists.
Let's take a deeper look.
Okay, then the DEMOCRATS need to shut up!!!
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posted on
12/04/2013 3:42:47 PM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
Everything these sad DIM criminal clowns do is intentional.
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posted on
12/04/2013 4:54:28 PM PST
by
ogen hal
(First amendment or reeducation camp)
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