Brian Koenig

One of the conservative groups speaking out against the IRS has unveiled a slew of information indicating that the tax agency should have no role in collecting healthcare information under ObamaCare.

We already know their scum. But this nonsense involving targeting conservative groups just further solidifies the agency’s scuminess (for lack of a better word). Moreover, the IRS is now being indicted by John Doe company (that’s how they are referring to themselves as) for presenting health information that is not legally permitted.

Meanwhile, the agency has already been confronted with a case from a group claiming it confiscated over 60 million medical records of over 10 million American citizens. The Blaze continues:

The complaint filed by John Doe Company against 15 John Doe IRS agents (this is how the plaintiff and defendants are identified) states that these records could include those of every California state judge, state court employees, members of the Screen Actor’s Guild and the Directors Guild, and “prominent citizens in the world of entertainment, business and government, from all walks of life.”

Court House News reports that the records were stolen while the IRS was probing a tax situation with a warrant for a former employee. The warrant provided the IRS with an order to obtain financial records of this particular employee, “not seizure of any health care or medical record of any persons, least of all third parties completely unrelated to the matter.”

Not one of the 10 million citizens was under criminal or civil investigations, not to mention the fact that their health records are irrelevant.

Remaining complacent in the matter would be unacceptable. But despite how revealing the controversy develops, we’re talking about the IRS, a seemingly impenetrable agency of the federal government. Good luck.

Kathleen Sebelius, our ambitious, abortion loving Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS), is now courting healthcare executives, requesting massive financial donations to help bolster ObamaCare.

It’s an interesting narrative. And quite unusual, considering Congress continually rejects the Obama administration’s insatiable demands for more funding to prop up the president’s beloved Affordable Care Act. Evidently, over the past quarter, Sebelius has made a number of phone calls to church organizations, various community groups, and executives in the health industry. In doing so, she explicitly asked for contributions from non profits to try to enroll uninsured individuals and boost awareness for ObamaCare.

HHS spokesman Jason Young said Sebelius is collaborating “with a full range of stakeholders who share in the mission of getting Americans’ the help they need and deserve. Part of our mission is to help uninsured Americans take advantage of new, quality affordable insurance options that are coming thanks to the health law.”

Obama’s healthcare law could be plagued if the public loses interest, because the law requires that people sign up for health insurance coverage. I suppose that’s a given.

ObamaCare already demanded a billion dollars for complete implementation. But CBO analysis showed that agencies would need somewhere between $5 billion and $10 billion to get the law operational over the next ten years. And because quite a few states have rejected the notion of partnering with the feds in this sector of the economy, the HHS has been poised with a significant burden.

So Sebelius is getting desperate. She’s grasping at straws. Regulations do not permit HHS officials to fundraise in “professional capacity.” However, they’re allowed to solicit donations as private citizens “if you do not solicit funds from a subordinate or from someone who has or seeks business with the Department, and you do not use your official title,” according to DOJ rules.

ObamaCare is Sebelius’ baby. Ironic, considering she ain’t a big fan of babies — that is, babies that are prepping themselves for entry into the world.

Congressional Republicans in both the House and the Senate announced a boycott on Thursday to halt ObamaCare’s controversial new healthcare committee, which is called the Individual Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).

It’s a contentious element of the overhaul, as it is — note, not a dramatic reference — represented as a “death panel,” a catchphrase Democrats love to coin as conservative conspiracy. That’s not how the GOP is broadcasting it, but the indication is clear. ObamaCare’s insatiable IPAB will plague seniors by shoving doctors away from the Medicare consumer.

In boycotting the initiative, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, representing each chamber of Congress, warned they would refuse to offer any nominees to the committee, adding that the board (and, well, the law altogether) should be repealed in it’s entirety.

The likely result of the IPAB would be efforts to push Medicare cuts through payment reductions to providers. Moreover, another inevitable outcome will be the elimination of costly, and oftentimes critical, treatments.

“These reduced payments will force providers to stop seeing Medicare patients, the same way an increased number of doctors have stopped taking Medicaid patients,” the two GOP lawmakers wrote in a letter to Obama. “This will lead to access problems, waiting lists and denied care for seniors.”

This nonsense is already happening in Canada and Great Britain. It’s commonplace. Interminable wait lists, terminated treatments, and overbearing costs are weighing down their healthcare systems. That’s why even a single step towards a single-payer healthcare system is, quite simply, the most ludicrous healthcare initiative the government could take.