Day: November 16, 2010
Politics of Ethics
When an ethics panel’s out to destroy ya,
Why waste good money on a lawyer?
‘Cause when you’re Charlie Rangel,
You’ve got to play every angle —
Just walk out, because ethics probes bore ya!
Health Care Hypocrisy: New Anti-Reform Extremist Rep Has Meltdown Over Having to Wait 28 Days for Govt Health-Care Coverage
Via right-leaning Politico.com:
A conservative Maryland physician elected to Congress on an anti-[health-care reform] platform surprised fellow freshmen at a Monday orientation session by demanding to know why his government-subsidized health care plan takes a month to kick in.
Republican Andy Harris, an anesthesiologist [from] Maryland’s Eastern Shore, reacted incredulously when informed that federal law mandated that his government-subsidized health care policy would take effect on Feb. 1 — 28 days after his Jan. 3rd swearing-in.
“He stood up and asked the two ladies who were answering questions why it had to take so long, what he would do without 28 days of health care,” said a congressional staffer who saw the exchange. The benefits session, held behind closed doors, drew about 250 freshman members, staffers and family members to the Capitol Visitors Center auditorium late Monday morning.”
“Harris then asked if he could purchase insurance from the government to cover the gap,” added the aide, who was struck by the similarity to Harris’s request and the public option he denounced as a gateway to socialized medicine.
