Obama administration concerned about Republican Obamacare inquiry

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Obama administration concerned about Republican Obamacare inquiry

WASHINGTON | Mon Sep 9, 2013 11:25pm BST

(Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday expressed concerns about a congressional Republican inquiry aimed at nonprofit groups and other organizations that are getting ready to enroll people in subsidized insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform.

Less than two weeks ago, a Republican-controlled oversight committee in the House of Representatives sent questions to 51 groups in 11 states that have received $67 million in federal grants to hire and train "navigators" who will help uninsured people apply for health coverage in new online marketplaces beginning October 1.

In a move that Democrats have decried as intimidation, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee want navigator groups to provide detailed documentation of training and education, internal monitoring policies, and systems for handling personal information, contacts with insurers and healthcare providers.

On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responded in writing on behalf of the navigators as a whole.

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Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/09/us-usa-healthcare-navigators-idUKBRE98815Y20130909

[geek tragedy]

1. It's blatant bad-faith harassment and sabotage conducted by rightwing ghouls

who'd rather see people die in agony from disease than benefit from a federal program.

[Blue Idaho]

2. "We had to destroy the village in order to save it." nt.