Report: Rep. Anthony Weiner Wants ObamaCare Waiver for NYC
- Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:23pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., one of the most outspoken supporters of President Obama’s landmark health care overhaul just one year ago, is reportedly now looking into how a health law waiver might work for his constituents in the Big Apple.
After recently encouraging Democrats to stop “hiding under our desks” and to “be proud of” the unpopular law, the likely mayoral candidate is shopping for alternatives.
Politico reports:
“The president said, ‘If you have better ideas that can accomplish the same thing, go for it,’” said Weiner. “I’m in the process now of trying to see if we can take [President Barack Obama] up on it in the city of New York, … and I’m taking a look at all of the money we spend in Medicaid and Medicare and maybe New York City can come up with a better plan.”
New York is one of two states that pass on Medicaid expenses to cities and localities, so “the city winds up having an enormous Medicaid expense,” Weiner said.
The congressman was trying to debunk Republican “myths” about the health care law during a speech at the Center for American Progress. He used the waivers as way to describe how flexible the law actually is and how “this notion that the government is shoving the bill down people’s throats” is not true.
“The administration needs to make this argument more forcefully,” he said. “A lot of people who got waivers were … people who are our friends.”
The New York Democrat said that he does not have the power to get the city to apply for a waiver but that he is “personally looking at whether he can make the numbers work.”
“We in New York already have hospitals, we already employ doctors and we employ nurses. We have a lot of uninsured people. … [Setting up] the exchanges is the one piece of the puzzle that would be difficult for us to do,” he said. “I’m just looking internally to whether the city can save money and have more control over its own destiny.
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Comments (255)
mcFirst
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:43pmof course he does – stick it to everyone else except for when it comes to his friends.
Report Post »temple62
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:42pmHe‘s not a RINO or DINO he’s a “chameleon” changing his colors when he wants to get voters from the constituents.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:49pmChameleon! Isn’t that French for Schtick-head???
Report Post »Ammaof3
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:42pmFirst the weather…then the schools and THEN the people who represent our state in congress! Yup, just another good reason for leaving NY.
Report Post »nniifu
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:41pmThat frickin weasel!
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:46pmI AGREE with your frustration; but, isn’t a Weiner (a Dachshund) a weasel hunter???
Report Post »Deane
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 9:21amI wonder how Weener keeps his massive head on his shoulders with that skinny pencil neck…that neck doesn’t look big enough to hold up a feather let alone his over swollen head
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:40pmLook, lets just make this simple and easy – lets just have a waiver for the entire United States and now we can get back to business…..
Report Post »mill
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:03pmNOt just no Anthony Weiner!!! HELL NO!!!!
Waiver for everyone!!!!, not just the wieners of the world
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:38pmHey, Weiner, Why is it that I cannot deduct the cost of my health care insurance from MY income taxes? I worked, part-time for three employers last year (some, concurrently), but drew W-2 wages and NOT 1099 income! I received NO benefits and NO healthcare coverage from these ‘employers’, yet they set the hours, provided equipment and told me what to do, so I‘d be declared a ’Statutory Employee’ if I tried to collect 1099 income! If my employers provided health coverage, they could deduct it as a business expense. If I drew 1099 income, I could deduct health insurance costs on my Schedule C as a business expense! But, NO-O-O-O, if I work my ass off for W-2 wages, I have to pay full pop for the health insurance coverage I have to provide in order to qualify for my HSA (Health ‘Savings’ Account)! I‘m a Seasoned Citizen and don’t want to claim any more than I absolutely have to (and am surely entitled to after paying 15% of my earnings over my entire working career)! But, if you clowns favor the corporate citizen over the natural person and favor ‘freelancers’ over ‘part-timers’, then I don’t see how I am EVER going to make it! (Although we all arrive at the big, pine box at some point in our lives!) Fix It! Don’t futch it up!
Report Post »lowermytaxes
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:37pmThis is my shocked face…
Report Post »NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:37pmThey say that the suit makes the man, and if you give a dog a good name he will live up to it. It seems quite clear that if you put a Weiner in a good suit and name him Anthony you come up with a loser all the way around.
Report Post »You know, I’ll bet this guy got beat up at school all the time.
P38NC
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:24pmDoesn’t Weiner remind you of the kid on welcome back cottter? How can you take him serious?
Report Post »Suprise...a conservative in CA
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 11:38pmActually…after seeing his high school photo, he looks more like Screech on save by the bell.
Report Post »TheRealElvis
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:36pmWhat a wacko!! How do people like him get elected? Perhaps Bill Maher is right. Americans are stupid.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:48pmNO America is smart… New York is stupid for electing A Wiener
Report Post »psst
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 11:09pmbanjarmon
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:48pm
NO America is smart… New York is stupid for electing A Wiener
Um. I think NY also voted for Soetoro. To everyone’s surprise. :-)
Report Post »Soetoro and Weenie said NY is their kinda marxist townstate..
teachermitch32
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:36pmSo, according to Wienerdog we will be celebrating Obummercare as a success in 20 years but he’s looking for a way out of it now in NYC? Right! Something is wrong with his thinking…as if that’s anything new.
Report Post »obama_binpharteen
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:35pmCan’t wait to see him and Megyn Kelly debate this. She’s gonna rip him a new one…
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:39pmI don‘t think he’s healed from the old one yet.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:41pmSo then he will have a place to hide.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:35pmThe only waiver this guttersnipe should get is for his vitriolic speech. NYC you voted for this POS suck it up and take your medicine, you don’t like what your dear leader created vote him out. Show you’re still true to America or STFU.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:35pmwe got a letter from our (private construction trades) union today that informs us we got a waiver from obamacare (after we lost 14% of our net checks to hc ins premium increases last Aug and Oct) …and we will LOSE our hc plan gradually, some by 2011,ome by 2012 and by Jan 2014 we will be on obamacare. our retiree hc plan goes by 2012. .. this family has 3 generations of dues paying members whose sweat soaked tax dollars go to support the leeches and thugs in the public unions and our private union dues (we find out now) go 76% to the filthy DNC aka the Abortion Party.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:12pmVery interesting story, thank you for sharing. What do your union brothers have to say about this? Is there a tide turning of union members starting to see the truth about what unions are really about?
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:34pmCan you strike against the union?
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:37pmYou got a waiver on oboma care which will end up being NO care. Even little weiner has got that figured out. Good to see he finally read the bill. I feel for you. At least my insurance has to cover a pre existing condition which doesn’t effect my over all health. Problem is , in order to cover my pre existing condition my rate went sky high to a point I no longer can afford it. So for me oboma care= no care.
Report Post »Deane
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 9:18am@BurntHills
Report Post »Hey dude…welcome to the real world where most of the non-union employed do not have Socialistic, Marxist union leaders telling us whats best for the companies employees…I never had anyone or any union backing me up as a sales rep…just an employee at will contract that allows management to fire you without reason (like if your shoes don’t match your gone)…guess its the same thing here…of course your company will pay the small penalty for not offering healthcare instead of reaching deep in their pockets to keep your fellow smoking drinking unhealthy lifestyle employees healthy with expensive healthcare costs. Or you can start your own job if you have a skill or talent that can generate enough income for you to provide your family with healthcare….e4 i think is the solution…even if you dont have the means to be in business for yourself…try it….i’m sure you will be very successful at whatever endeavor you choice for yourself
amerbur
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:34pmIt is difficult to ruin the weiner’s status, beyond it’s current dismal reputation, however, you Anthony, have made the House of Weiner, a true house of ill repute.
Report Post »EastofEdenFarms
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:34pmHe talks such a load of bunk. Hey, wait a minute….has anyone ever seen Rep. Weiner and Charlie Sheen in the same place at the same time? No, I think not. Hmmmm…………..
Report Post »Scott Senffner
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:32pmHe should be the first one to RECEIVE ObamaCare, not be waiver out of it! Do as I SAY not as I DO!
Report Post »Ella
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:31pmWhite Man speaks with forked tongue.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:08pmHis mother needs another abortion, the first one didn’t take very well.
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:31pmSomeone has really dropped the ball at http://www.weinerfacts.com/
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:29pmCute site. Just love his school picture — the term “queer” come to mind.
Report Post »I know one thang — he weally is a weird weiner!
vennoye
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 11:19pmGood Grief…………….you need a barf bag after that site!!
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:08amThe photos of Tiny Wienie are great and so funny. The term nerd comes to mind, but that would be disrespectful to nerds.
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:30pmWaivers for ALL or waivers for NONE!
Report Post »German Dude
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:30pmStupid is as stupid does.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:29pmWeiner the Whiner wants a PASS??? Typical!
Report Post »FlowerBell
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:28pmAnything, just anything to get the cameras rolling.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:28pmAnyone overwhelmingly shocked by this?
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:37pmCome on. He’s about as good looking as a horse eating an apple through a picket fence.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:54pm@AmericanStrega
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:37pm
Come on. He’s about as good looking as a horse eating an apple through a picket fence.
………………………………….backwards!
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 5:45amOh Nooooo… You wanted it… YOU GOT IT! Dumb ass.
Report Post »Leadthemtothelight
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:27pmOf course the WEINER wants a kitchen pass from the Obamacare legislation he helped to saddle all of us with. What a total crock of (beep)
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:51pmHow (every pun possible here) UNDEMOCRATIC!
How about a waiver for the rest of the 50-some states?
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:12pmAnd weiner knew it was crock from the start. He said there are too many folks in NYC that don’t have insurance and is afraid insuring these folks would overwhelm the system. I thought the passing of oboma care meant these people would have affordable insurance? Oops they never told the people that they wouldn‘t be able to afford to have insurance and since the city can’t afford this so called affordable insurance…… Well more people are going to end up not having insurance. BAM/Fail!
Report Post »Tide_Rider_2
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:13pmAccording to Obama, there are 57 states….
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:48pmAnd according to Heinz, their is a 57 sauce.
A Weiner should man up, get close to Barney Frank, and declare their love for Obamacare. They should also insist since they love it soooo much, all their constituents WILL sign up and participate, or be fined. Of course all the IRS letters should be personally signed by Weiner and Rangel. Frank is on his own.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:25pmThis perhaps the most appropriately name Congessman in history. He is as crazy as a loon.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs4X2RDvw5E
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:29pmSo how about we have him change his name from an immitation Oscar Meyer hotdog to that of a bird, and have him commited to the asylum for a nice LOOOOONG vacation.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:34pm“A lot of people who got waivers were … people who are our friends.”
Report Post »———-
So how much did these ‘friends’ pay for waivers ? Was it an upfront payment or a payment plan was worked out ?
mharry860
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:38pmYeah, I still think every right thinking American should apply for a waiver individually. That will muck up their stupid system, on the other hand, that’ll probably trigger an automatic audit by the IRS. So you guys have at it, let me know how it goes.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:39pmOh no Mr. Weiner…. YOU wanted it so badly, YOU fought so hard to have everyone stuck with it, YOU have to use it! In the words of a good friend of mine GFY Weiner!
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:43pmrats always start jumping ship before she goes down !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »What a worthless (more than usual) politician.
If NYC elects this freak as their mayor they deserve whatever they get. I just feel sorry for the conservatives there.
Tide_Rider_2
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:45pmYou are absolutely correct. He “Hot Dogs” all the time.
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:46pmWhat a weiner (pun intended)
Report Post »Tide_Rider_2
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:50pmHe got re-elected just the same way Harry Reid did. By crooks….
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:54pmNo Soup for You, Weiner. You wanted it, you got it, Obamacare. Now, go away, one year.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:54pmA Wiener as a congressman and all other congress men and women should be saddled with “O’s care” and all the rest of America be free to chose their own health care.
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 9:58pmAh, the benefits of having friends in low places.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:09pmNow go on Megyn Kelly and explain that Mr. Weenie
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:11pmAfter recently encouraging Democrats to stop “hiding under our desks” and to “be proud of” the unpopular law, the likely mayoral candidate is shopping for alternatives.
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Did you all miss this statement? Mayor?????
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:18pmI’ll bet he is going to be surprised by the fact that the waivers are only good for one year! Next year they will either have to play Obama’s game or reapply for another waiver. Pretty soon this health care that Weiner wanted so badly is going to bite him in the ass!
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:19pmMy last name is hamburger and I want a health care waiver NOW
Report Post »Hold the catsup Weener
HOW the people of NEW YORK elect this loonbat is beyond me!!!!
Templar Knight
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:26pmYes his name indeed suites him well. What a hypocrite to first praise and then pass Obama care and then go and do something like this. I am so sick of the liberal mindset who think their rules and laws don’t apply to them.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:26pmAll I can say is………..”HE’S GOT A LOT OF NERVE”! (yelling at the top of my lungs)……What a weenie!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:27pmWeener aint right in the eyes. I’ve seen this same phenomenon with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and my beloved poodle Alfie .God rest her soul
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:37pmDealer ….that was funny!
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:43pmDon’t forget to go to http://www.weinerfacts.com and check out his high school photo.
A picture speaks a thousand words.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:43pmSo, let me get this straight…..he voted for Obamacare and now he wants a waiver?…..Weiner is such a dick!!
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:44pmThere are now literally hundreds of “waivers” for a wide range of entities for (from) obummer care. Only saps and suckers will be stuck with this pig in a poke.
Report Post »LAM2
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:45pmI’m not sure why, but all this talk about hiding under our desks and Weiner made me think of Monica Lewinsky.
Report Post »Conservative New Yorker
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:46pmMan, he just reminded me why I left NYC… On the bright side, if he does become mayor of NYC, we won’t (hopefully) see or hear much of him after that. NY’ers can have him…
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:46pm@TXPILOT
You took the words right out of my ………..oh, never mind
Report Post »My Hero-Allen West-click my name
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:54pmWeiner, Obama said not just no, BUT HELL NO!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 11:05pmI have a nephew that lives in New York, he is so amazed at how all of his friends are completely clueless about the rest of the world. Although, they can tell you how Bush lied and Republicans are bad, but they don’t know exactly why. And I am serious about that last sentence, he asks them what exactly Bush lied about, they don’t know, but they swear he lied. As for Weiner, these are the idiots that vote him in.
In fact on O Reilly, Griff said out of 15 interviewee’s, they only ones that got questions right were from out of town.
Maybe Fox could hire Snookie and the Situation to deliver news, the only way to inform New Yawkers.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 11:55pmWeiner is a total Marxist and traitor to America. He’s as guilty as ACORN, Obama, Van Jones, George Soros. They are ALL traitors to the United States of America.
Report Post »Multiple Arms
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 12:17amTony Weenie is running for mayor of New York City?
He can’t lose!
It doesn’t matter who votes. What matters is who is counting the votes!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 12:53amREPEAL it for ALL of America!
Report Post »*************************
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 3:40amWhat is WRONG with New York to vote such an ass (if you turn him around) into “public service”? Can you say “election fraud”? How about “dumb New Yorkers”? Or maybe they just like being screwed?
LILI VON SCHTUPP: “Will I … see you again?
Report Post »sheriff BART: “Well, it all depends on how much vitamin-E I can get my hands on.”
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avenger
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 6:01amaha.. whiner weiner being a weenie again….
Report Post »RedHarley
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 6:33am“This perhaps the most appropriately name Congessman in history. He is as crazy as a loon.”
I agree, but he would be even more appropriately named Representative Richard Cranium.
Report Post »(think about it)
gspaul08
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 9:49amPlease, this is an insult to Loons every where!
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 10:29amLittle weiner is just like all the rest of the socialist nerds, they want to impose this garbage on us but wants to be protected from it themselves. I have faith that goodness, honesty, love and last but not least the American Way WILL win out over these wannabe destructors of goodness. Their dark evil ways will not stand up to the light of truth and love.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 10:41amHe will likely receive the waiver. He is one of Obama’s friends.
In the words of our great Divider-in-Chief, “We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us”.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 11:58amHEY Weiner,
Report Post »If it is good enough to pass fast, because it is “critical” for the American people, then why do you need a “free pass” for NYC? Must not be so good eh? You have just proven that it is a bad law, and you should be on the side of REPEAL and replace.
leftiesaredangerous
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 3:26pmWhat a HYPOCRITE!!!
Report Post »RealAmerican2011
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 11:58pmWeiner…
Poor li’l fella. I’d love to see the demographics of the district that elected him. They probably need to be rezoned.
Report Post »Persimmon Knob
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:48am“Tony Hotdog”———what-a-guy !!
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