Posted on 03/06/2014 3:20:44 PM PST by Kaslin
A Republican congressman is calling for the federal government to hire a full-time watchdog for ObamaCare, amid ongoing concerns about fraud and mismanagement.
Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., introduced a bill on Thursday that would create a "Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act (SIGMA)." He told Fox News the position is needed to follow the money.
"There's very specific criteria that the special inspector general is required to produce and follow up on," Roskam told Fox News. "But the point is it needs to be done holistically and in a larger context. It's just a common sense approach to government and oversight."
Similar positions have been created before to oversee the billions spent in Iraq and Afghanistan reconstruction, and the $700 billion financial industry bailout. Experts say billions of taxpayer dollars in fines, penalties and restitution were recovered on behalf of American taxpayers.
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Oh boy oh boy !! Smoke, mirrors, dog, pony, and now sand in the Vaseline............
So much for Republicans being for smaller government.
Ha, as if whomever that is won’t be some ME’ern terrorist who isn’t opposed to taking bribes.
This is a token. A bandaid. And it can’t be allowed, because it is far too little.
NO! Hire a coroner.
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