I stumbled on this interesting
exchange between Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and
Reps. Henry Waxman (D-California) and William Long (R-Missouri) near the end of
her testimony at the House Energy and Commerce Committee on October 30, 2013
about the failures of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act:
While Ms. Sebelius was being asked
for a yes or no answer by Rep. Billy Long (R-Missouri) to whether or not she
would give up her government health coverage for coverage that was available on
the exchange and Rep. Waxman stepped in once Rep. Long's time expired, to find
out whether or not she would be able to find a plan on the exchange that would
protect her from "cheap shots", she comments to the unidentified
person beside her "Don't do this to me", a phrase that was clearly
picked up by her microphone.
It would be interesting to know what
her comment was directed toward. In case you wondered, here is her testimony, defending the
Affordable Care Act and here is the entire 3 hour and 34 minute hearing:
The first excerpt is found at 3 hours 25 minutes so you can put Ms. Sebelius' comment into context. It takes place after a
heated questioning from Rep. Long. To me, it quite clearly looks like the
Secretary is quite uncomfortable with the line of Rep. Long's questioning.
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