Kathleen Sebelius: Obamacare Needs a Name Change
by Wynton Hall 10 Dec 2014, 10:07 AM PDT
Former Health and Human
Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said
the deeply unpopular Obamacare program is
working but needs a name change.
"Obamacare, no question, has a very bad brand that has
been driven intentionally by a lot of misinformation and a lot of paid
advertising," said Sebelius on
Wednesday.
Sebelius added, "I think we may need to call it
something in the future different, but it is working."
Sebelius's Obamacare branding advice comes on the heels of
controversial comments she made last week reminiscent of Obamacare architect
Jonathan Gruber's mocking of the "stupidity of the American voter"
being responsible for the Obama administration's ability to ram the law to
passage. In an interview with USA Today's Susan
Page, Sebelius said Americans' ignorance about health insurance came as a
"stunning revelation" to her.
"A lot of Americans have no idea what insurance is
about, and have no idea, even if they have coverage, what it means, you know,
what a deductible is, what a copay is, how to choose a network," said Sebelius.
"That has been a stunning revelation."
Sebelius's call for an Obamacare name change due to the
brand's unpopularity stands in contrast to comments Obama made in May when he
suggested that the only thing that would spark a name change would be the
future popularity of the program.
"In five years it will no longer be called Obamacare,
because when something is working, they're definitely not going to--there will
be a whole renaming process similar to [Reagan National Airport]. I don't know
if it will be 'Reagancare,' but it will definitely be--it will be something
different," said Obama.
According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, just 38% of
Americans support Obama's signature legislative achievement.
Obamacare
Barack Obama’s signature
policy initiative is Obamacare,
and was an intern at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Note:
R. Eden Martin
is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Dora Hughes is a
senior policy adviser for Sidley Austin
LLP, and was Kathleen Sebelius’s
counselor at HHS.
Kathleen Sebelius’s
counselor at HHS was Dora Hughes, and the secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) for the Barack Obama
administration.
Howard K. Koh is
the assistant secretary at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Barack Obama administration, and Harold H. Koh’s brother.
Harold H. Koh is Howard K. Koh’s brother, was the State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and was a
director at the Human Rights First.
Mark A. Angelson
was a director at the Human Rights First,
and a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
James D. Zirin is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and was a director at the Human Rights
First.
William D. Zabel
is the chair for the Human Rights First,
was a trustee at the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, and George
Soros’s divorce lawyer.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights First, the Committee
for Economic Development, and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, William D.
Zabel was his divorce lawyer, and the Center for American Progress, and is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights First, the Committee
for Economic Development, and the Center for American Progress.
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 Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Barack Obama’s signature
policy initiative is Obamacare,
and was an intern at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Andrew Sherry was
the SVP for the Center for American Progress, and a deputy managing editor for USAToday.com.
USAToday.com is
an online branch for USA Today.
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