California taxpayers spend 1 billion on Obamacare outreach

“The Obama administration [ read California taxpayers] granted a whopping $910 million to California to set up its insurance exchange,” according to Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D. McCaughey is a constitutional scholar, a patient advocate and health policy expert, and a former lieutenant governor of the state of New York. She explained, “That money is not for bandages, surgery, nurses and doctors to care for the sick. Nor is it for insurance plans, though $910 million could buy generous coverage for at least 113,000 people!” The $910 million was targeted not for actual health care, but for bureaucratic spending. McCaughy said this included $360,000 a year for the executive director, and other rich compensation packages for exchange employees. Anything and everything can be defined as “outreach.” Calpolitical Review

This is California. Little of our HSR funds have been spent on trains, most of it goes to political handouts. NCLB spends its money on administration. Darrell Steinberg constantly complaines about Obamacare attracting sick patients to the state. Ed Schultz wants unions exempt. And now Ca pols want to spend Obamacare taxes on favors and corruption. Who coulda known?