Letters: Sebelius on the healthcare hot seat

Re “Sebelius apologizes for ‘debacle,’” Oct. 31

The definition of “accountability,” per Webster’s dictionary, is the condition of being accountable, liable or responsible.

If Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius claims to be responsible and accountable for a completely bungled rollout of the Affordable Care Act’s federal health insurance exchange, what liability will she accept? A few hours of grilling from Congress pales in comparison to the enormous fiasco being imposed on millions of Americans.

If Sebelius is to be truly accountable, she should resign or be fired. If not, accountability is just another meaningless word being bandied about in Washington.

Mike Liewald

Los Alamitos

The bottom line in the “monkey court” proceedings made by Republicans is that they were shocked and dismayed by letters received from constituents citing the loss of medical plans. Disingenuous to the core.

These congressional leaders failed to inform those same precious constituents that the coverage on their policies was inadequate and in reality didn’t meet new requirements set to make coverage more complete and less costly. I didn’t hear one Republican offer an alternative plan for consideration during this so-called debacle and was only witness to Sebelius being subjected to bullying.

After the more than 40 attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the senseless government shutdown, I didn’t think this party could sink any lower. I was wrong.

Jack Kenna

Whittier

When will we be treated to a similar “grilling” of Republicans who forced the entire country to endure a government shutdown, in which many ordinary people suffered from lost paychecks, losses to their business or losses to their dreams because a National Park wasn’t open?

The arrogance, hypocrisy and sheer meanness of some of our lawmakers seem to know no bounds.

Stacey Cole

Lancaster

The user-unfriendliness of the Obamacare website is a sneaky government plot to limit the insurance pool to people with superior computer skills, who are younger and cheaper to insure than the computer illiterate.

Probably the kids who hacked into the Internet from their L.A. Unified School District-issued iPads have signed up already.

Eric Holman

Los Angeles

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