HHS Remains Vague About Obamacare Budget Details

Prior to the release of President Obama’s budget
this week, there was some speculation that it might shed light on
the administration’s opaque spending in support of Obamacare.

But the budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human
Services, which oversees the law, still leaves a number of
questions unanswered.

Via Politico:

Forced to reveal more details under a provision tucked in this
year’s bipartisan budget deal, HHS declared Friday how it used
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ authority to move about $1.6 billion
in departmental funds around last year — the cabinet secretary’s
version of looking for change under the couch cushions and hitting
the jackpot.

But HHS didn’t say exactly how it spent the money, and it didn’t
lay out the kind of detail Republicans sought.

In particular, the budget documents omitted details about the
specific contracts for work on the federal exchange that misfired
on launch last October. How much was spent, who got the money, and
how much work is left to be done remain among the
Obamacare questions that the White House won’t
answer.