Official Says He Was Told To Withhold Medicare Data

[burythehatchet]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54524-2004Mar12.html

He said Thomas A. Scully, then administrator of the HHS agency that oversees Medicare, repeatedly told him last spring and summer that Foster would be fired if he complied with requests from Republican and Democratic lawmakers to provide cost estimates of aspects of the prescription drug legislation. Although other HHS officials ultimately assured him his job was safe, Foster said, the administration's practice of withholding budget predictions continued until the legislation was enacted in November.


I"M SHOCKED I tell you.

[whistle]

1. Oh boy....

...this one is a contender for Top Ten Conservative Idiots. Can't you squeeze in an eleventh this week?:kick: :donut:

[indepat]

2. Lying to the Congress and the American people is common-place,

has become endemic, but most of the mainstream media continue to ignore this fact.

[dennis4868]

4. Unless....

it is Clinton and his penis of course....you know...national security issues and other important issues that affect peoples' lives!

[dennis4868]

3. Can you imagine...

if this happened in a Clinton WH? Sheeesh....the so called "liberal" media would be demanding an investigation and demanding that Clinton to fire people. Thanks Media....great job once again!