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Why You Cannot Trust Barack Obama (Again)

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 10th, 2009 at 03:21 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Last night, Barack Obama said:

Now, I don’t believe malpractice reform is a silver bullet, but I’ve talked to enough doctors to know that defensive medicine may be contributing to unnecessary costs. So — so — so I’m proposing that we move forward on a range of ideas about how to put patient safety first and let doctors focus on practicing medicine. I know that the Bush administration considered authorizing demonstration projects in individual states to test these ideas. I think it’s a good idea, and I’m directing my secretary of health and human services to move forward on this initiative today.

Kathleen Sebelius, the former Governor of Kansas, is the current Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Note this from her biography:

Sebelius served as executive director and chief lobbyist for the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (now Kansas Association for Justice) from 1977-1986.

So, do we really think she’s going to do anything other than skew the results?

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  • Common_Cents

    What a brilliant idea, why not try that with health care? nahhhhh.

    50 states experimenting, innovating, coming up with solutions? nahhhhh We need our arrOgant in Chief to tell us what to do!

  • E Pluribus Unum

    Since the Democrat Party, to the extent it’s not bought and paid for by unions, is bought and paid for by the TLA.

  • bk

    Vouchers were tried in DC. They proved wildly successful in results and parents loved them. The Democrats and Obama killed them anyway.

  • tantytantalus

    “Proposing… move forward on… range of ideas… directing somebody to… initiative…”

    Does anything actually happen in this administration?

  • yoyo

    Enron-type accounting.

    Kathy overseeing these demonstrative projects is putting the Wolf in charge of the Sheep. Guarenteed, someone will be getting fleeced.

  • yoyo

    This is all that happens in this administration:

    “…but I’ve talked…”

    And, man, HAS he TALKED. He will not shut up! My kindergartner talks less. Just put a wind-turbine out front of the Oval Office. Unlimited energy FOREVER (or three more years…).

  • Kowalski

    Does Howard Dean stand up at the next address to Congress and call the President a liar, too?