Sens. Coburn, Barrasso, Burr, McCain & Thune Send Letter to Sec. Sebelius Questioning HHS Campaign Ad. Letter to Secretary Sebelius. FULL TEXT IN PDF FORMAT
Andy Griffith reflects on the 45 years of the Medicare program and explains the new benefits under the Affordable Care Act.
Senators Coburn, Barrasso, Burr, McCain and Thune sent the following letter to Secretary Sebelius today expressing their concern regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) television ad campaign touting the benefits of the new health care law for senior.
"We request that you cease the ad campaign immediately and reimburse the U.S. Treasury for any expenditure of taxpayer funds related to this effort. We also request you provide documentation outlining which HHS account these funds came from.
"We believe this ad is a clear violation of the spirit of federal laws that prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for campaign purposes … We can debate the relative merits of the new law, but co-opting public funds during a recession, to make a political, poll-tested argument about the new law, is wrong.
The job of the Executive Branch, quite simply, is to execute and implement the law, not re-litigate a political debate. Using the power of the state and the Treasury to advance the agenda of one political party is an abuse that should not be tolerated, regardless of which party is in power."
VIDEO CREDIT: CMSHHSgov
TEXT CREDIT: Tom Coburn, M.D., United States Senator from Oklahoma
1 comment:
I am so disappointed in this ad. I grew up watching Andy Griffith in the various roles. I even remember the movie, No Time for Sargents, and it is so sad to see him representing this president that is destroying our country. Andy Griffith is almost like Superman who always represented the slogan of "Truth, Justice, and the American way. What happened that he would do this to us.
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