Politico - Rep. Anthony Weiner said Wednesday he was looking into how a health law waiver might work for New York City. Weiner, who is likely to run for mayor of New York, said that because of the city’s special health care infrastructure, his office was looking into alternatives that might make more sense. Weiner is one of the health care law’s biggest supporters; during the debate leading up to reform, he was one of the last holdouts in Congress for the public option. “The president said, ‘If you have better ideas that can accomplish the same thing, go for it,’” said Weiner. “I’m in the process now of trying to see if we can take [President Barack Obama] up on it in the city of New York, … and I’m taking a look at all of the money we spend in Medicaid and Medicare and maybe New York City can come up with a better plan.” New York is one of two states that pass on Medicaid expenses to cities and localities, so “the city winds up having an enormous Medicaid expense,” Weiner said. The congressman was trying to debunk Republican “myths” about the health care law during a speech at the Center for American Progress.
He used the waivers as way to describe how flexible the law actually is and how “this notion that the government is shoving the bill down people’s throats” is not true. “The administration needs to make this argument more forcefully,” he said. “A lot of people who got waivers were … people who are our friends.” The New York Democrat said that he does not have the power to get the city to apply for a waiver but that he is “personally looking at whether he can make the numbers work.”“We in New York already have hospitals, we already employ doctors and we employ nurses. We have a lot of uninsured people. … [Setting up] the exchanges is the one piece of the puzzle that would be difficult for us to do,” he said. “I’m just looking internally to whether the city can save money and have more control over its own destiny. Read full story here: News New Mexico
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Weiner is the head whiner of the intolerant left-wing brigade of socialist Marxists. If you think Obama is shredding the constitution, you have no idea what treachery is until someone like Weiner should ever have power or control. The constitution would be declared an illegal document and a full scale national revolt would ensue. The revolt would make Muammar Gaddafi look like a benevolent sensitive leader. The fight would be framed as the "rich" or the "haves" versus the "have-nots". His administration's enemies would be anyone who saved a dollar, owned a business or made a profit and didn't turn it over to "the people". Like many other Americans, I'm keeping my guns not because I'm afraid of a foreign invader but because people like Weiner are too many in this country.
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