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House Dems probe Health Insurance executive pay. Payback?
H/T DrudgeIn a move some fear is a reprisal for opposing President Obama's health care plan, Democrats sent 52 letters to health insurers requesting financial records for a House committee's investigation. Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Bart Stupak, D-Mich., sent a letter warning health insurers that the House Energy and Commerce Committee is "examining executive compensation and other business practices of the health industry." Because Healthcare has so much to do with Energy and Commerce.... Waxman, chairman of the committee, and Stupak, chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee did not inform their Republican counterparts of their plans. We don't need those filthy repubs! We are the rulers now [and forever] Health insurers have until Sept. 4 to provide Congress a detailed list of every employee who made over a $1 million dollars a year between 2003 and 2008. Democrats also want documents about conferences and any events held off company property as well as the types of transportation, lodging, food, entertainment and even gifts exchanged. Raising the intimidation stakes: the Waxman letter offers insurers no explanation of what is being investigated or why. Maybe its because the government had to bailout the health Insurance industry.... oh wait.... Industry insiders fear the beginning of reprisals for anyone daring to dissent from the Obama agenda. Ya think? One said it feels like a reprisal audit by the IRS. Something the Clinton's are said to be very experienced in using. With raucous health care town halls unfolding nationwide during the August congressional recess and polls showing increased opposition to a government-run insurance program or "public option," neither Waxman nor Stupak nor their staffs would comment on this story. But it's no secret that Democrats blame anti-reform ads on the private health insurance industry and its supporters. Yes of course. The airways have been flooded by anti-Obamacare ads.. Zirkelbach said it would be up to individual companies to decide whether to turn the records over. Spokesmen for three large insurance companies, Aetna, UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc., confirmed the firms had received the letters but declined comment. What Justification does the House have for probing the executive pay of insurance companies? They didn't need a bailout. They are not in financial straights. Yeah - let's allow them ti have direct control over your healthcare. Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-08-20 |
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