Last spring, John* purchased health insurance through the Washington State healthcare exchange. He was surprised when, last month, he received an email from the exchange at the address he’d provided when he signed up. The email was entitled, “Voter Registration Information.” It read, in part: [quote]“ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE? If you would like to […]
Obamacare
“Most Transparent Administration Puts Gag Order on HealthCare.gov Testing”
Health policy strategist Robert Laszewski is out with his latest analysis of news that insurers are being required to keep strict confidentiality surrounding what should be the wholly public business of HeathCare.gov. Apparently, the administration doesn’t want word getting out if things don’t go as smoothly as they hope in new testing prior to the […]
HealthCare.gov insider: “I am tired of cover ups”
The General Accountability Office is out with a damning new report flagging serious risk to personal information on HealthCare.gov. I reported on some of these risks, based on insider accounts, for CBS News last year. At the time, the Obama administration, Democrats and Hillary Clinton’s front group Media Matters vehemently denied them. According to the […]
Ten More Under-served Stories Covered by Attkisson
1. Cost of Illegal Immigrant Minor Crisis, Aug. 6, 2014 https://sattkisson.wpengine.com/cost-of-illegal-immigration-minors-crisis 2. HHS Also Lost Subpoenaed Documents, Aug. 7, 2014 https://sattkisson.wpengine.com/no-kidding-hhs-likely-lost-subpoenaed-docs-too 3. Another Fast and Furious Indictment, Aug. 7, 2014 https://sattkisson.wpengine.com/another-fast-and-furious-murder-indictment-in-brian-terry-case 4. Did Bank Help Reward Suicide Bombers? Aug. 11, 2014 http://dailysignal.com/2014/08/11/terrorism-lawsuit-accuses-arab-bank-helping-reward-hamas-suicide-bombers/ 5. IG: Obama Administration Released 600+ Convicted Criminal Illegal Immigrants, Aug. 12, 2014 […]
HHS HealthCare.gov Official: “Delete this email”
An email obtained by Congress shows the top official for Healthcare.gov at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Department of Health and Human Services, Marilyn Tavenner, instructed the agency’s top spokesman to “Please delete this email.” The instruction appears significant for several reasons: First, the email to be deleted included an exchange […]
Updated: Why I’m Suing HHS for HealthCare.gov Documents
Update: [ilink url=”http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/sharyl-attkisson-emmy-award-winning-journalist-teams-judicial-watch-sue-hhs-key-healthcare-gov-records/”]Read the background to my FOI request here[/ilink] [ilink url=”http://www.judicialwatch.org/cases/sharyl-attkisson-v-u-s-department-health-human-services-114-cv-01348/”]Read more about my FOI request here[/ilink] Squeezing public documents from federal officials hasn’t been easy for me under any administration. But, like many journalists, advocacy groups and members of the public, I’ve found out the hard way that the Obama administration has taken […]
Six Serious Questions Regarding Elusive Federal Documents
When it comes to accountability questions, one owes the benefit of the doubt to the U.S. government, whoever may be in charge. Managing the massive federal bureaucracy isn’t easy. Responding to the demands from the public, the press and Congress for public information can be time consuming. However, it becomes increasingly difficult to suspend disbelief […]
No Kidding? HHS Likely Lost Subpoenaed Docs, Too.
Two federal agencies “losing” subpoenaed documents in major investigations may not exactly be a trend–but it certainly doesn’t look good. Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) presented the House Oversight Committee with disturbing news that some subpoenaed documents in the Congressional investigation of HealthCare.gov “might not be retrievable.” This revelation comes on […]