Political Quotes

“This money is transferred outside the normal appropriations process. That is a concern. The money is transferred outside the normal appropriations process. It goes to the very tax agency that is responsible for implementing many of the key provisions of the health care law. One would think that maybe we would have doctors and nurses implementing many of the provisions of the health care law. No, we have the IRS. This includes the controversial and unprecedented mandate that all Americans must buy a government-approved product--health insurance. We remember the Supreme Court just held hearings on this unprecedented mandate. Seventy percent of Americans believe it is unconstitutional. They believe that either part or all of the health care law ought to be ruled unconstitutional. Yet the article says that the Obama administration's Health and Human Services Department has, to date, transferred almost $200 million to the IRS over the past 2 years and plans to send another $300 million this year. These secretive transfers hide the true cost of the health care law. They also make it difficult for Congress to perform the agency oversight that is part of our obligation. So I look at this and I say this law is bad. It is bad, I believe, for our patients and providers and taxpayers. I look at the way it has been structured and the way this money is being transferred and I think it highlights the problems with the law. What does the IRS intend to do?…”