Rubio Demands Cancellation Of Obamacare Advertising

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In a letter sent Tuesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) demanded that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cancel a planned $8.7 million television ad buy to promote Obamacare.

The planned ad buy, which Rubio said had "been brought to my attention," covers 16 metropolitan areas: Atlanta, Houston, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis, Tampa, Charlotte, Harlingen (Texas), Brownsville (Texas), Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Nashville, New Orleans, Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh. The ads are expected to run from Sept. 30 to Dec. 1, according to Rubio's office. Three buys toward the $8.7 million total, worth $200,000, have already been completed for Brownsville, Tampa and Nashville, Rubio's office said.

Rubio is one of several congressional conservatives who have argued that the Obama administration can't and shouldn't use federal funding to promote participation in the programs created by the health care reform law.

“This blatant misuse of federal dollars to promote a fundamentally flawed law is extremely concerning, especially considering the extensive unknowns surrounding the coming launch and implementation of ObamaCare," Rubio wrote in the letter, addressed to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “Until critical questions can be answered regarding the availability and type of health insurance to be provided by ObamaCare, it is unconscionable to spend taxpayer dollars to promote and advertise ObamaCare plans that have yet to be finalized."

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Call the Whaaahbulance!

[Drale]

1. I demand that Senator Rubio step down from his seat in Congress immediately and

get himself sterilized and and checked into a Mental Health Facility were he can get the help he so desperately needs. See Marco, we can demand anything we want, that doesn't mean its gonna happen.

[MoonRiver]

2. What's that definition of insanity again?

[randome]

5. I think Rubio is more the definition of impotence.

He should be hawking Viagra on late-night TV.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

[MoonRiver]

11. His new calling, when he gets run out of politics!

[Cairycat]

3. I remember when the S-CHIPs were first started

Governor Braindead did all he could to keep information about Hawk-I (Iowa's program) unavailable, so people wouldn't sign their kids up. After that, the legislature made it so information about it had to be passed out in school registration materials.

So it seems to me that Rubio's real objection is that people will find out that Obamacare isn't the monstrosity the Rs are making it out to be, but truly helpful for average Americans.

[HappyMe]

4. What a dope this guy is.

Too bad, Rubio.

[kestrel91316]

6. First Amendment begs to differ.

[liberal N proud]

7. What should be stopped under false advertising is all the anti Obamacare ads

It is ridiculous the propaganda they are peddling in these charades where people are "SO" concerned about their children's or sick kids health.

[11 Bravo]

8. Hey, Marco, demand in one hand and shit in the other. Let me know which one fills up first.

[msanthrope]

9. Fuck you, Rubio. nt

[KharmaTrain]

10. This Dude Is A Political Trainwreck...

...truly not ready for prime time. His hyper-ventilated questioning of SOS Kerry yesterday was a joke. So much so he was easily upstaged by Randbot Paul as the most unhinged. Mario rarely wins those games...his big moments turn into little puddles. The teabaggers don't like/trust him cause of immigration reform and the "mainstream" party don't think he's much of a heavyweight.

So Marco's option is simple...shut down all executive and federal government spending. He and his boneheaded rushpublican brethren are gonna try to do it anywho...

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. HHS has a duty to promote its important programs to the people

Poor Rubio still trying to figure out how government works!

[hobbit709]

13. Rubio can go piss up a rope after he develops prostate trouble.