WASHINGTON, D.C., November 8, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Thursday, 10 Republican Senators sent a letter to President Obama calling on him to “immediately relieve Secretary [Kathleen] Sebelius of her duties as Secretary of Health and Human Services [HHS].” Sebelius has been under pressure by Members of Congress in both parties since the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) exchanges launched on October 1.
The letter cites misleading statements by Sebelius, bipartisan criticisms of Sebelius, and how ”problems
were…ignored” by the secretary as reasons for the president to fire the former Kansas governor.
One prominent ACA opponent, Senator Mike Lee, R-UT, did not sign the letter but, according to spokesperson Brian Phillips, the senator “believes the responsibility ultimately lies with the president and he’s the one who needs to be held accountable.”
“That Sebelius remains the HHS secretary says a lot about the president’s judgment," he said.
Earlier this week, President Obama tried to avoid answering whether or not he would fire Sebelius. After MSNBC’s Chuck Todd asked if he “had confidence” in Sebelius, the president shifted the focus to computer programmers and IT employees. When Todd again asked if the president would fire Sebelius, he simply said “the buck stops with me,” signaling to most observers that he was not planning to fire her - at least not yet.
But pressure mounts against both Sebelius and Obama by the day. The launch of the ACA has not been disastrous for the administration. The health insurance exchange website HealthCare.gov was tested only days before the launch, and crashed after only 1,000 people accessed it. Its shoddy performance, and reports that it poses a significant security risk, have kept enrollment numbers miniscule.
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