Posted on 05/14/2014 5:09:26 PM PDT by Nachum
Sen. John Thune (R., S.D.) questioned Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Sylvia Burwell Wednesday about the Obama administration’s call on exempting specific union plans from Obamacare’s reinsurance tax.
Burwell is the current White House director of the Office of Management and Budget.
“I’m simply saying is that as a matter of fairness in the way that this is implemented, carving out favored groups shouldn’t be the modus operandi,” Thune said. “We ought to be going about this in a way that treats everybody fairly under the law, and I don’t think you can argue based on the number of exemptions, the number of carve-outs, the number of delays that have been issued already, that that’s the case. This particular one was a rule that was issued by OMB under your direction.”
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She’s going to be worst than the scum she’s replacing
John (Rip v. W.) Thune finally wakes up from his decade long nap?
i think he is till groggy... isn't John Thune part of a particular group that is exempted?
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