Health Care Law Allows Hiring Convicted Felons as Obamacare Navigators
Photo Credit: Graeme Jennings/Washington ExaminerBy Susan Ferrechio
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a Senate panel Wednesday that there are no safeguards in place that would prevent convicted felons from becoming “navigators” for the new health care law implementation.
“That is possible,” Sebelius told Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who asked her about felons being hired for the job.
Health care navigators are certified counselors hired to help consumers and small businesses with the application process for healthcare.gov, the health insurance exchange website.
Navigators, according to healthcare.gov, are trained to help consumers complete eligibility and enrollment forms, which include sensitive personal information including Social Security and financial information.
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Photo Credit: Evan VucciSebelius: Sorry, but we won’t delay Obamacare
By Tom Howell Jr.
President Obama’s top health official said Wednesday that early Obamacare enrollment numbers will be “very low” but rejected any talk of delaying the reforms, even as Senate Democrats pressured the White House to correct the law’s failures.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made her second apology on Capitol Hill in the span of one week for the persistent glitches that have made it difficult for people from 36 states to enroll for coverage on HealthCare.gov.
“It’s unacceptable. I am focused on fixing it, and I’m accountable,” Mrs. Sebelius testified before the Senate Finance Committee.
But putting off the Affordable Care Act, she said, “wouldn’t delay people’s cancer or diabetes or Parkinson’s” disease.
“People’s lives depend on this,” she told lawmakers on the Democrat-led panel.
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