‘You’re Not Understanding’: Dem Congressman Lectures Fox News Anchor on ObamaCare Waivers
- Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:55pm by
Meredith Jessup
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If the plan for overhauling the nation’s health care system is such a good thing, why does the federal government need to dole out waivers?
Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., appeared on Fox News Wednesday morning to discuss efforts in the Senate to repeal the law when the conversation steered the question of waivers. As we’ve reported, 733 different organizations have applied and received temporary waivers from the law’s requirements from the Department of Health and Human Services. Assuring FNC’s Martha MacCallum that her characterization of the waivers was wrong, Weiner tried to explain why federal waivers to select companies and unions are a good thing:
“These are organizations — and, like you said, they run the gambit from big businesses to big union — who already have health insurance, have gone to the federal government and said, ‘Listen, our standards are high enough.’ And the federal government has agreed.
“The mythology here that this is a big government thing is… the example of how many people have been waived from the requirements is an example of that,” Weiner said.
But MacCallum challenged him, saying that everyone agrees the health care system needs reform. But why would some companies need to be helped out of the new plan if it’s such a great plan?
“It’s not a plan,” Weiner said. “It’s a set of standards.”
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Comments (180)
CountMeIn
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:28pmWeiner seems to be the new idol of the left since Grayson was run out of town. It seems like all you need to be a hero to the progressives is be able to lie loudly and with conviction.
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:22pmCongressman Weiner being a Whiner is nothing new.
Report Post »barrygoldwater
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:20pmFirst thing out of his mouth is …”take away healthcare for seniors…” Well played congressman; well played.
Report Post »Ben__Franklin
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 6:50amThere should have been a follow up question for Mr. Wiener.
“So Mr Wieeeener, you are saying the repeal of Obamacare will take away Medicare and Medicaide from our Seniors?”
Why is it the ordinary American Citizens know the right questions to ask these trailer trash Congressman but our Journalists interviewing them have no clue….
Report Post »Nigel2
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:11pmWeiner is an imbecile. McDonald’s was one of the first companies granted a waiver and the reason is because it is a minimal policy for low income workers. It is in no way equivalent to what the government will mandate as minimum coverage..
Report Post »asybot12
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 6:07amand also because o likes hamburgers and fries!!
Report Post »usd04422
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:57pmSo good it’s mandatory, except for unions and DC. I think Tony is always mad because his name reflects his persona WEINER or WHINER or both
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:57pmDammit, you idiot!!!! When you pass a law–it APPLIES to EVERYONE–not just some of us!!! (Which might be the case with a REGULATION–but REGULATIONS are passed by the EXECUTIVE Branch — one of those you got right the other day in your little freudian slip!) The LEGISLATURE needs to STOP writing REGULATIONS and go back to writing LAW! GET A LIFE!!!!
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:55pmWe need a class action suit against these waivers. It is like saying the law will only apply in states X, Y, and Z but states A, B, and C are exempt. This is unconstitutional, folks. UNCONSTITUTIONAL. You cannot have a law for some and exempt others! Why aren’t our conservative legislators screaming about this? What adds salt to the injury is the fact that the waivers are being given to groups/organizations that fought to pass the legislation. Outrageous!
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:43pmAll the groups who campaigned for Obamacare now want waivers out of it.
We don’t have to explain ourselves to you little people!
Report Post »jb1972
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:42pmIsnt McDonalds part of this exclusion. Ive seen their standards! Its all just paybacks for contributions. I dont see the Koch brothers on the list.
Report Post »manofword
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:41pmWeiner still looks like a Pez dispenser……….only he doesn’t dispense candy…….
Report Post »orcainohio
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:40pmWho cares what this wiener has to say he is an empty suit.JB should suspend all waivers with a vote in the house, that would pucker thier base!
Report Post »missmarie
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:39pmI couldn’t watch – that guy really ticks me off and rarely has an intelligent comment. In my humble opinion, waivers are indicative of a flawed system. However, I hate to see everybody getting into conversations about specific parts of this bill, as I still believe it is unconstitutional and should be completely overturned!
Report Post »yesica
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:38pmI love how the circle frames his manly square jaw …. that’s about the only thing I like about the video!
Report Post »BetsyRoss1513
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 9:00amPerhaps to focus on the place on his face that needs punching the worst?
Report Post »Founding Dad
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:32pmThis is typical liberal double standards. How many people know that teachers in Massachusetts don’t have to pay social security and are exempt from paying it???? Liberal double standards, they exist in every part of our society. “They” always know what’s best for you, but they exempt themselves and their supporters.
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:32pmThis man could not run a donation only casr was at a profit, I repeat this man could not run a donation only car wash at a profit. please just crawl away to you dark hole.
Report Post »ixmfourxi
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:32pmWill the Weiner from NY please stand up. Mr. Weiner, you very much are a Weiner. The only thing we as fellow citizens understand are elections. Talk to the American people with that tone and you will be with the rest of Nov. 2010 defeated Democrats. Because Mr. Weiner you did not understand the American people.
Report Post »ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:45pmwishful thinking. he’s a lib from ny – lib utopia. free for everybody. well, we know how that works out for the rest of us. i know from personal experience nyc is, at best, complicit in all kinds of corruption: welfare, food stamps, medicare and the like. they know it’s going on and, at best, don’t care. what a bunch of scoundrels.
Report Post »Kevin gagner
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:28pmAdd your comments
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:34pmBill Clinton married this doofus to one of Hillary’s aides……LMAO
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:28pmthe house needs to VOID the waivers..
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:26pmI would send this guy a razor blade if he’d use it!
Report Post »lwilli201
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:25pm“It’s not a plan,” Weiner said. “It’s a set of standards.”
Should those “standards” apply to everyone? What am I missing here?
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:21pmI was wondering why some were getting these waivers…no mr. weiner..its not a set of standards…its a law that was forced on us…
Report Post »dutchtouch
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:20pmYes, in Weiner’s world anybody who disagrees with him HAS to be stupid. Arrogance at its best.
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 10:12amHis name says it all………….
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:19pmNo wonder I muted this doofus this morning…
Report Post »what4
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:59pmSomeone draw this idiot a map to a very tall bridge, Ant, I encourage you to jump off!
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:17pmRight. Tell me more crap that is unbelievable.
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:32pmUnbelievable indeed. So his logic is because these companies have a set standard that they are exempt from the Obamacare standard? If their standard is good enough but obviously not meeting Obamacare standards, why are the standards of Obamacare so high that it requires waivers? If these companies exceeded the Obamacare standards they wouldn’t need waivers. They only need waivers because they fail to meet those standards. Sometimes I wonder how a politician’s mind works….
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:16pmThat any one is waived is proof that it is a bad program
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:30pmWeiner is mentioned as “Tony The Weiner” in “A Not Too Grimm Fairy Tale” where Haimericans take back their country from a PC totalitarian “ruling elite” in this animated video: http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu
Its also Progressive-dada talking points to talk over any adversary as “those who are strong in word or strength will survive” : watch part 2 and you will understand where these Progs are coming from. The Dada Manifesto is their covert operational document.
Report Post »http://www.marcrubin.com/dada2.ivnu
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:38pmThis law would be simular to passing a law saying,
Report Post »- All Murder is illegal, except in the case of incest, rape, or choice.
- Drugs are illegal, except for booze, cigarettes, and caffine.
- Everyone must pay their taxes or be penalized and fined, except congress, Cabinet members, and high political donors.
Do as we say little people, don’t watch what we do. General, top off my drink. or as in Zoolander “You;re a Monkey, Derek, Dance Monkey, Dance”
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:58pmDo you realize his name plate reads…..
A. Weiner
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:14pmThis forked-tongued politician is either a logic-less buffoon or a brilliantly dangerous, but fallacious rhetorician. The individual mandate is a great deal MORE than a simple matter of standards. It fundamentally alters the relationship between the citizen and the state. And here’s a hint, it doesn’t keep more liberty in the hands of the former…
Report Post »CALIDUDE
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:25pmThis guy is just like Big Ed Rehndell. You don’t get it! I guess we are all a bunch of big dumb dummies!
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:36pm““It’s not a plan,” Weiner said. “It’s a set of standards.””
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You can call it a freakin‘ Polish sausage if you’d like, but a weiner by any other name is still a weiner.
As I’m sure he and everyone else well know.
Hey Weiner and you other like-minded Progressivess…you don’t actually *have* a reality-distortion field, OK pals? Just step *away* from whatever it is you’re on. You’re waaay beyond “Overton Window” territory and nobody even remotely buys the talking points.
It just makes you look “Evil Gump”.
Just a FYI.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:36pmApply it evenly or not at all. Preferrably not at all.
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SoCalWalt
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:37pm@happystretchedthin: This Weiner is not “fallacious”. This Weiner is “fellatious”.
Report Post »ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:38pmoscar meyer weiner is one in a long list of libturds that have forgotten they represent ALL people in his district, and broadly, ALL people of the u.s. and not just those that agree with his warped view of government‘s supposed minimal role in people’s lives.
Report Post »he is always so arrogant and condescending to all journalists/anchors that interview him that are not towing the illogical and dangerous socialist line.
i just wish he would speak to me like that. i’d put him in his place IMMEDIATELY!
yeah, i just said that…what? i’m sick of these certifiable nutcases and their arrogance.
theCREATORisGOD
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:47pmBefore I even clicked on the link for this story, just reading the headline, I KNEW IT WAS CONGRESSMAN WEINER!
How can you even take a guy seriously whose last name is Weiner? Anybody who acts like their last name should be dismissed without comment.
LOL @ the comment that he looks like a Pez dispenser, I’m not one to make fun of looks, but that was just hilarious.
Report Post »Okieflyover
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:02pmEvery waiver is because if they were required to implement the Obamacare plan would increase their costs because of the “free” preventative care and the “kids on parents plan until they are 26” requirement. Oh, and who would have thunk it was the Unions who were first in line with the waivers? Hmmmm. Isn’t that curious?
I just want to know what idiot believes you can give out Doctor’s time and materials and somehow that is “free”.
85% of Americans (the ones paying for their own healthcare) are happy with their care and the cost of their care. But we are being forced to pay for those who don’t choose to put “skin in the game” (the President’s words) and who we have learned are unconstitutionally required to buy insurance.
This is a recipe for failure. Epic Failure.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:05pmAs this video shows, this is a complicated issue.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:10pmEvery time I’ve seen Weiner talk to a woman reporter he’s been condescending and rude. He is a misogynistic, ignorant, classless little punk who has the manners of a three year old. Regardless, 70% of every tax dollar spent on welfare programs by the federal government goes to maintaining the bureaucracy that administers the program and 30% goes to the needy people who these programs are supposedly helping. When donating to charities, the guideline is to only donate to charities that spend less than 30% of receipts on operating expenses and 70% on actually helping the needy (90% / 10%, respectively, is ideal). If Liberals, like Weiner, were really concerned about helping the needy and not about grabbing power to satisfy their Napoleon complexes, they would make it easier for non-profit organizations to help people who can’t afford insurance.
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:42pm@JZS..it is only a complicated issue because the Feds have involved themselves in OUR lives too much. The proof this whole thing is corrupt is the waivers. The waivers are political payoffs….bribes in a sense. The waivers are “bribes” to stay OUT of a piece of crap legislation.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:32amThe weenee got his ass kicked when he went after Glenns advertisers ie:gold line and went away with his tail between his legs.. The people have clued in to the health care debacle and they are not buying it. He is like one of those yappy little dogs. Just an annoyance nothing more.
Report Post »dhert
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:44amI don’t understand why Fox keeps bringing this guy on. Probably the rudest and most stuck up person in the House.
Report Post »Mikeyyy
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:47amso if my little company has insurance from Blue Cross, is that adequate enough to let my company get a waiver? or will Uncle Sucker still want to force feed their “standard” down my throat?
Report Post »What's next
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:15amYes. Obama has a death-wish and he is happy to bring USA into his psycho understanding of reality.
Report Post »WTH
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:33amRepublicans aren’t disputing the bullets points that the left always bring up (Pre-existing cond, children kept on til 26, no lifetime limits, donut hole for seniors), which cover 10 pages of the law. It is the remaining 2,690 pages that are in question. I can’t stand the sight and sound of this guy, but he is a great spokesman for the left. He shows an absolute ignorance that only he can seem to stand behind and backs it up with misinformation. He is the perfect demolibersocialcommie!
He and his fellow congressmen from NY (Schumer) are really showing how incompetent and truly out of touch to the rest of the country and reality the really are. If this is what his district actuals believes and how they think, I will make it a point to never be near that part of NY.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 7:41amOne of the biggest questions to ask with this law, as with all laws new and old… Does this provide the citizen with more liberty or less??? It is not about health care as much as it is setting up structure and precedent.
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 8:14amjzs
I believe the term is obfuscated, not complicated; as evidenced by the chosen spokesmouth for the leftists.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 8:19amJZS, what’s so complicated about STUPID, UNFAIR, POWER GRAB, BANKRUPT, CUTTING $500,000,000 OF MEDICARE FUNDING, GIVING YOUR FRIENDS A PASS, INCREASING YOUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS, DECREASING QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, and my favorite UNCONSTITUTIONAL. I put those in caps because you seem to miss them up til now. If those concepts are difficult for you to understand, don’t worry, 90% of all democrats in Congress can’t read and understand the bill either. But we can, and we see that it is the wrong way to go. 60% of Americans don’t want this bill. And as we are saying, thanks Democrats, you just clinched the 2012 elections for a complete Republican/Independent takeover. We must do that to protect America and the Constitution. The Dems have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that their best interests are not to keep America strong.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 8:55amanthonyweiner.com sounds like a porn site
Report Post »lylee
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 8:58amIt’s not a plan, it’s a set of standards.
Report Post »It’s not standards, is regulations.
It’s not regulations, it’s the law.
It’s not the rule of law, is the rule of man.
Is not the role of man, it’s tyranny!
TexasCommonSense
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 8:58amSo Weiner wants to fill the doughnut hole? That doesn’t sound good to me. Weiner certainly tries to slither his way out of some indefensible positions. He’s not convincing me. Plan or “It’s a set of standards”. The main point of this article says it all. If the plan (or standards) for overhauling the nation’s health care system is such a good thing, why does the federal government need to dole out waivers?
Report Post »Lt_Taz
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 9:14amUnder the Constitution of the United States we have Equal rights, so I feel if one waiver is issued, every one should be treated equally and everyone should recieve a waiver.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:56amLt_Taz, good point. The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:37pmTo: Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
When the walls fell?
This laws is a boiler plate to put in place the necessary structure to
1. Overwhelm the private sector and lead to single payer an old communist/left trick to destroy capitalism
2. Enough structure to begin the process to circumvent congress and concentrate power in the executive branch of government.
3. Establish the ability to control every aspect of our life not just Health care.
It is not what the Left says but their agenda that you have to watch out for.
The Left is a radicalized group hell bent on destroying Capitalism and the American way of life. This is why they are so dangerous and must be driven out.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 6:56pm@rodamaa
Report Post »Yes I agree, as I posted, nothing but hypocracy, a “do as I say, not as I do law.”
foolsgold
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 9:58pmYou’r been screwed by the health care providers, you couldnt get coverage for pre-existing conditions, your kids suffer…and you want to CHANGE THIS improvement?
Amazing….just because you hate O. Anything he does you hate, even if it benefits you. He could get cure the common cold, and you’d still want the cold back. Just because you hate him.
Amazing. Amazing.
Report Post »Kookaburra
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:04pmThese posts are just toooooooooooo funny for me. I can’t take it anymore LOL! With a name like Weiner, and his background, and unethics, and he has the nerve to talk about “standards.” All this weiner talk makes me hungry. I’ll have a good old fashioned Jimmy Buffs right about now.
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