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hue

(4,949 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 07:59 PM Oct 2013

Paul Ryan: HHS secretary should step down over Obamacare

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/22/paul-ryan-hhs-secretary-should-step-down-over-obamacare/

(CNN) - Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday joined a growing list of Republicans who want Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to step down over rampant problems in the launch of Obamacare’s HealthCare.gov.

The 2012 vice presidential candidate was on a conference call with reporters Tuesday afternoon helping fellow Republican and Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli make the case against a Medicaid expansion in the state championed by Cuccinelli’s opponent, Democrat Terry McAuliffe.

Cuccinelli has already said that Sebelius should step down. When Ryan was asked if he felt the same way, he responded: “I do agree with that.”

“This rollout has been a fiasco,” the House Budget Committee chairman said, and “not just because they have bad tech,” but because the entirety of the law is flawed.

Sebelius gave members of Congress the impression the health care website’s launch would be flawless despite knowing otherwise, Ryan said.

“I think some people should be held responsible,” Ryan said.

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Errrrr, do you even know what being "held responsible" is??
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Paul Ryan: HHS secretary should step down over Obamacare (Original Post) hue Oct 2013 OP
she's their new dog toy leftyohiolib Oct 2013 #1
Paul Ryan, after his fiasco of a run with Romney, is a clown that shouldn't be... Cooley Hurd Oct 2013 #2
That's okay, I want the Republicans to step down for the shutdown. Rex Oct 2013 #3
Ryan should step down for his overt hostility to the USA Warpy Oct 2013 #4
So Very Predictable cantbeserious Oct 2013 #5
I don't think the republicans are going to be getting anything they want TlalocW Oct 2013 #6
Fiasco? Like your campaign with Mitt Romney? muntrv Oct 2013 #7
Ryan has no credibility. nt geek tragedy Oct 2013 #8
AzDar sez: Paul Ryan should step down due to being a compulsive liar and general Douchebaggery... AzDar Oct 2013 #9
...Like he's concerned that folks are having trouble. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2013 #10
OMG..I agree. Unless it was Obama's fault. He may have decided Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2013 #11
Shouldn't he and his teabag pals step down for costing us $24 billion? Kingofalldems Oct 2013 #12
What single thing has this man done to improve the Health and Human Services Johonny Oct 2013 #13
Paul Ryan should step down over the Wingnut House Republican Shut-Down. n/t IllinoisBirdWatcher Oct 2013 #14
Ryan ought to step down over pretending to be a statesman. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #15
IMHO the company who put together the website and software needs to be investigated by the DOJ kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #16
+ 1,000,000,000 NT Zorra Oct 2013 #18
Ryan should step down off his soap box. charmay Oct 2013 #17
They should be rejoicing silly Pukes..... Historic NY Oct 2013 #19
And who stepped down when they had some temporary issues with the Medicare D rollout? mysuzuki2 Oct 2013 #20
A lot of good reasons why Ryan should resign, the list cintinues to grow. Thinkingabout Oct 2013 #21
ryan should shut his yap abbeyco Oct 2013 #22
I see - so Ryan wants an HHS Secretary who will FIX ACA? brooklynite Oct 2013 #23
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
2. Paul Ryan, after his fiasco of a run with Romney, is a clown that shouldn't be...
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:00 PM
Oct 2013

...taken seriously. The term "Doofus" comes to mind...

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
3. That's okay, I want the Republicans to step down for the shutdown.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:01 PM
Oct 2013

OR pay back the 24 billion dollars they owe us. Either way, they should all resign.

Warpy

(111,274 posts)
4. Ryan should step down for his overt hostility to the USA
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:01 PM
Oct 2013

and most especially the women who live within its borders.

Asshole.

TlalocW

(15,384 posts)
6. I don't think the republicans are going to be getting anything they want
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:04 PM
Oct 2013

In regards to Obamacare.

TlalocW

 

AzDar

(14,023 posts)
9. AzDar sez: Paul Ryan should step down due to being a compulsive liar and general Douchebaggery...
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:06 PM
Oct 2013
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
11. OMG..I agree. Unless it was Obama's fault. He may have decided
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:07 PM
Oct 2013

that the backlash of not having it ready on time would be worse than rolling it out before it was ready. Perhaps she warned him. We will never know.

Johonny

(20,851 posts)
13. What single thing has this man done to improve the Health and Human Services
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:08 PM
Oct 2013

such that this program would have worked better? The answer is none. He like most conservatives made it hard for them to do the very basics of their job and then wonder why a better job wasn't done. Ryan as usual passes the buck for his own parties failures.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,033 posts)
15. Ryan ought to step down over pretending to be a statesman.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:10 PM
Oct 2013

He's what a stupid person thinks a economic expert should be.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
16. IMHO the company who put together the website and software needs to be investigated by the DOJ
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:11 PM
Oct 2013

for fraud/sabotage.

charmay

(525 posts)
17. Ryan should step down off his soap box.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:12 PM
Oct 2013

And apologize for wasting our time with his insufferable stupidity.

mysuzuki2

(3,521 posts)
20. And who stepped down when they had some temporary issues with the Medicare D rollout?
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:24 PM
Oct 2013

Oh wait, THAT was during the Bush administration. IOKIYAR!

abbeyco

(1,555 posts)
22. ryan should shut his yap
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:30 PM
Oct 2013

He and the rest of the know nothing "minions of st. ronnie" (and I don't capitalize names who don't deserve that respect) are just grasping at straws. The ACA technical team needs to get to the root cause of the issue, likely sloppy coding done by the lowest bidder for a high profile project, and get the fixes then applied, test and get it up & running again. Idiots like ryan and his ilk only want to affix blame and escalate problems vs waiting a reasonable period - and 2 weeks isn't a reasonable period - for the system to stabilize and get into 'enrollment as usual' instead of acting like someone's hair is on fire. However, if ryan's hair were on fire, I'd gladly stomp on his head.

With so many red states not wanting to run the exchanges on a state level vs. funneling everone to the Federal site, there's no way to test for 7 million hits to a site, and the lower number of state exhcanges has helped contribute to the problems with the Fed site. But that's too much common sense for the dopes on ryan's side of the aisle.

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