Hagan, Nunn Latest Red-State
Democrats Calling for Obamacare Delay
Thursday, 24 Oct 2013 05:13 PM
By Cathy Burke
North Carolina’s Sen. Kay Hagan and Georgia Senate candidate Michelle Nunn added their names
Thursday to the lengthening list of red-state Democrats calling for a delay in
enrollment in the problem-plagued Obamacare
exchanges.
In a statement on her website,
Hagan recommended the Obama administration extend the enrollment deadline for
the Affordable Care Act by two months to make up for the time lost by people
who have been unable to sign up for health insurance through the HealthCare.gov website.
"Frankly, the Administration
had plenty of time to get these websites user ready, and I would like to keep
the pressure on to get these problems fixed sooner rather than later so that
North Carolina families can get online and shop for the plan that suits them
best," Hagan said.
She is considered one of the most
vulnerable Senate Democrats in 2014, The Hill reported.
Hagan also called on the
administration to be fully transparent about its attempts to get the website
running smoothly.
"Anything less than complete
disclosure and accountability is not acceptable for me or the North
Carolinians I talk to every day," she said. "The
administration must improve their communications with the American people about
this very important issue."
Nunn, who faces a competitive race
in Georgia
to replace Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss, also called for a delay in the tax
penalty, aligning herself with Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson, who’s working on
a one-year penalty delay, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
"It has become apparent in
recent weeks that implementing this law will take some time. That’s why I
supported a delay in the mandate on businesses," she said in a statement
to the newspaper. "And it is why, I believe that in light of the recent
implementation challenges, I agree with bipartisan efforts led by Georgia
Senator Johnny Isakson to postpone the insurance penalty for Georgia families."
Sens. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Mark
Begich, D-Alaska, who also face tough re-elections in states won by Mitt Romney
in last year’s presidential election, signed on to a letter Wednesday calling
for extending open enrollment, The Hill reported.
New Hampshire Democratic Sen.
Jeanne Shaheen was the first to call for an extension earlier this week, but
did not specify how long the deadline should be extended. She is also up for
re-election in 2014.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a conservative
Democrat who won re-election in 2012, has pushed for a one-year delay of the
individual mandate.
Individuals must purchase
insurance before March 31 to avoid a tax penalty. But many people have been
delayed enrolling online as technical issues have plagued the site.
Michelle Nunn
Michelle
Nunn is the candidate for the 2014
Michelle Nunn Senate campaign, the CEO for Points of Light, and her father is Sam Nunn.
Note: C. Gregg
Petersmeyer is a board member for Points
of Light, and a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
Raymond G.
Chambers is a board member for Points
of Light, and a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
John P.
White is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and
was the deputy director for the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
George P.
Shultz is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and
was a director at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Donna S.
Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and
the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group
Inc. was the contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site for Obamacare.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic
Development, and the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a board
member for the International Crisis
Group.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a board
member for the International Crisis
Group, the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank), a director at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United
States in war)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Sam Nunn
is the co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), Michelle
Nunn’s father, and was a U.S. Senate
senator.
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