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Politics : How Quickly Can Obama Totally Destroy the US? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (16093)	6/11/2015 11:58:47 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Suburban living requires two things; abundant good paying jobs and cheap energy. Take them away and Poof! No suburbs. Every 0bama policy has been directed toward destroying those two things.

To: MJ who wrote (16093)	6/16/2015 7:10:17 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16547

Feds Can’t Verify $2.8 Billion in Obamacare Subsidies ....................................................................................... freebeacon.com ^ \| 6/16/2015 \| Elizabeth Harrington The federal government cannot verify nearly $3 billion in subsidies distributed through Obamacare, putting significant taxpayer funding “at risk,” according to a new audit report. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an audit Tuesday finding that the agency did not have an internal system to ensure that subsidies went to the right enrollees, or in the correct amounts. “[The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] CMS’s internal controls did not effectively ensure the accuracy of nearly $2.8 billion in aggregate financial assistance payments made to insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act during the first four months that these payments were made,” the OIG said. “CMS’s system of internal controls could not ensure that CMS made correct financial assistance payments,” they said. The OIG reviewed subsidies paid to insurance companies between January and April 2014. The audit found that CMS did not have a process to “prevent or detect any possible substantial errors” in subsidy payments. The OIG said the agency did not have a system to “ensure that financial assistance payments were made on behalf of confirmed enrollees and in the correct amounts.” In addition, CMS relied too heavily on data from health insurance companies and had no system for state-based exchanges to “submit enrollee eligibility data for financial assistance payments.” The government does “not plan to perform a timely reconciliation” of the $2.8 billion in subsidies. The audit was released as the country awaits a Supreme Court ruling that could make all federal subsidies invalid, since the majority of states did not set up their own health insurance exchange. (Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...