Kathleen Sebelius' Tin Cup

Independent Women's Forum ^ | 11 June 2013 | Charlotte Hays

[Lorianne]

Okay, maybe our government is dysfunctional.

But obviously it wouldn’t be stupid enough to pass a massive, new law that it didn’t have the money to put into place. Nah, that would be nuts.

But that is essentially what happened with ObamaCare, if the woman charged with implementing it is to be believed.

Here is an account that appeared on a Kaiser Permanente site of what this official said on Capitol Hill:

[Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius] today was very candid. She said that she knew and others knew – even when the health law was passed – that the government wouldn’t have enough money on its own to implement it. And that she is talking to anyone who will listen about trying to make sure that Americans who qualify for the health law’s exchanges or for the Medicaid expansion know about it and enroll in it.

[Lorianne]

Actually, this was known from the start.

At least half of the proposed "newly insured" under ObamaCare were to come from relaxing Medicaid requirements so more people would qualify.

The Supreme Court screwed that up for them when they unmandated the Medicaid expansion mandate.

Ooops.

Even on its own terms (if you were for it) it's a very badly crafted law.