White House pushes ObamaCare-themed e-cards for Mother's Day

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

Not even Mother's Day could be shielded from election-year politics.

The White House on Sunday released specially tailored e-cards touting the benefits for moms of the federal health care overhaul, urging people to send the card around to "show some appreciation for the mom in your life."

The e-card, posted on the White House website for any and all to download and share, is titled: "Happy Mother's Day From The Affordable Care Act."

It goes on to say, "Being a mom isn't a pre-existing condition."

The text of the card lists a string of stats about how women benefit under the health care overhaul, which is now the subject of a Supreme Court challenge. The card says that while insurers before the overhaul could "deny coverage for women with pre-existing conditions like breast cancer or pregnancy," they will be prohibited from denying coverage over any pre-existing condition starting in 2014.

The card also cites the millions of women who gained "expanded preventive services with no cost-sharing" last year.

"As rewarding as being a mom can be, it sure isn't easy. That's part of why the Obama administration is taking steps to level the playing field for mothers and their families," the White House said in an email Sunday referring people to the card -- as well as another e-card honoring military spouses.

The unusual White House greeting cards come as the administration's signature domestic policy achievement waits in judicial limbo. The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming months on the constitutionality of the law, a decision that would land in the middle of the presidential campaign.

Alongside the greeting cards Sunday, the campaigns of both Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney took separate cracks at a Mother's Day pitch.

Obama's campaign site featured a banner up top asking supporters to "Wish Michelle a Happy Mother's Day," later asking supporters to donate money.

Romney's website was emblazoned with an appeal to sign up for free "Moms Drive the Economy" campaign bumper stickers.

Romney also released a Mother's Day statement referring readers to a USA Today column his wife Ann wrote, and recalling his tradition of giving Ann lilacs every year for the holiday.

The campaign posted a web video tribute as well in which their sons recalled memories from childhood of their mother.

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Oh, Mother...

[RandyM]

Mother is only half of it.

[Draggingtree]

Great – HHS Spending Billions to Finance New Non-Profit Health Insurers

 

May 15, 2012

By Lonely Conservative

 

 

What business is the federal government good at? Everything they touch turns into a money pit, so why would we think that the Department of Health and Human Services spending billions to finance new non-profit health insurers would be any different? Doug Ross asks, “What could go wrong?” I can think of a few billion things.

Republicans in the Senate and House questioned whether a Health and Human Services’ (HHS) $3.4 billion loan program to create non-profit health insurers would result in the greater competition and lower costs. In a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the members noted that the Department’s own actuarial estimates suggest at least $1 billion in taxpayer dollars may inevitably be wasted.

…“HHS may be seriously underestimating the financial risk that these new entities pose to the Federal Treasury,”the members wrote. “Recent reports have highlighted the challenges facing CO-OPs, which strongly suggests that the program will fail to provide consumers with promised viable alternatives or reduced costs. The new health care law is unfortunately already exacerbating this problem. As a result, many individuals and small businesses are confronting the reality of fewer choices and higher costs when purchasing health insurance.” Read More http://lonelyconservative.com/2012/05/great-hhs-spending-billions-to-finance-new-non-profit-health-insurers/