Citing concerns that President Barack Obama's administration has not done an adequate job of unrolling the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act he helped draft and champion, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) told HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius he feared the landmark health reform law would become a "huge train wreck," according to a report by the Washington Post.
"I'm very concerned that not enough is being done so far," Sen. Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said at a committee hearing with Secretary Sebelius regarding the law's rollout. "The administration's public information campaign on the benefits of the [PPACA], I think, deserve a failing grade."
Secretary Sebelius countered that her agency is allocating many resources to public outreach for individuals and small businesses, according to the report.
Online health insurance exchanges were of particular concern to the committee, as they are due to open for enrollment beginning Oct. 1, with the federal government taking the lead on 33 of them in states that opted out of running their own.
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"I'm very concerned that not enough is being done so far," Sen. Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said at a committee hearing with Secretary Sebelius regarding the law's rollout. "The administration's public information campaign on the benefits of the [PPACA], I think, deserve a failing grade."
Secretary Sebelius countered that her agency is allocating many resources to public outreach for individuals and small businesses, according to the report.
Online health insurance exchanges were of particular concern to the committee, as they are due to open for enrollment beginning Oct. 1, with the federal government taking the lead on 33 of them in states that opted out of running their own.
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