Clinton didn't pay health insurance bills

[NDambi]

Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out.

Clinton, who is being pressured to end her campaign against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination, has made her plan for universal health care a centerpiece of her agenda.

The campaign provides health insurance to all its employees, their spouses, partners and children – and that wasn’t interrupted by any lag in payments to insurance providers, said Jay Carson, a Clinton campaign spokesman.

He said the campaign this month paid off all outstanding bills to Aetna Healthcare and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Those payments will be reflected on a report the campaign will file this month with the Federal Election Commission, which Carson said will show “zero debt owed to both vendors.”

But Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, did not report any unpaid bills to insurance providers at the end of February. And the only insurance-related debt reported by Obama, an Illinois senator, was $908 to AIG American International Group for “insurance.”

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9274.html

[NightWatcher]

1. I want her running the country just like she has this campaign

:sarcasm:

[polichick]

2. Wow, that's a shitload of money for health insurance...

...why doesn't Congress do something about this?? (ha-ha)

[flor de jasmim]

3. What about everyone else? First rule of getting out of debt:

pay off existing bills before incurring new ones

[Vinca]

4. Hope none of her workers get sick. nt

[Sulawesi]

5. Wow, the symbolism there is beyond bad.

[Sensitivity]

6. Too bad it isn't MANDATED. We could then penalize her an UNPLUG HER CAMPAIGN

[BeyondGeography]

7. Another selling point for across-the-board mandates, right Hilly?

In te unlikely event that she made it that far, it would be painful to watch Hillary try to answer how deadbeats like her own campaign would be treated by her own healthcare plan.

[C_U_L8R]

8. Why does Clinton get Special Treatment from the Insurance Companies?

If it were you or I, our accounts would be suspended
if we were a day late or a dollar short. I know from personal
experience. So why is Clinton getting FAVORS from the Insurance Companies?
This appears to be pretty stinky soft money. Are there any hardcore investigative
journalists on this?

[ellenfl]

9. of course not!

"But Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, did not report any unpaid bills to insurance providers at the end of February."

sheesh, that's a dumb comment. does anyone think that he offered health insurance to his staff?

ellen fl

[JVS]

10. Garnish her income!

[msallied]

11. No different than any other company going bankrupt

Next her staff's payroll checks will start bouncing.

[Debi]

13. You mean the staff that gets paid, right?

Maggie Williams - her campaign manager - is working for NO PAY.

And look at her debt - she owes some of her staff their pay (not to mention owing payroll taxes to some of the states where the contests are already over).

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. Why am I not surprised?!

[flpoljunkie]

14. Her campaign also owes $807,182.52 to MSHC Partners--the folks who send out her mail solicitations.

That's a lot of dough!

[madrchsod]

15. i wish i had that kind of deal...

i had to pay by each pay period...when i was "let go" my insurance stopped that day...

no wonder she`s happy with insurance companies fucking people over...no sweat off her ass