21 federal agencies working to implement Obamacare, but who are they?

Thirty-nine Republican senators want to know who the 21 federal agencies helping to implement Obamacare are and what those agencies are doing to promote the program.

A leaked April 2013 slideshow from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said 21 federal agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture and Education, are working on an educational program to implement Obamacare.

That reference prompted the senators' curiosity.

"At a time federal agency budgets have been tightened by the sequester and the White House has warned of cuts to basic programs, I would like to know how 21 agencies, such as those overseeing agriculture and education, would have the taxpayer dollars to implement and promote the new health care law — an activity outside of their missions and an expense not authorized by Congress," Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said.

The slides, which were created by CMS's Health Insurance Marketplace Outreach and Education department, do not name the other 19 agencies involved or what they are doing in the effort.

A source within the department would only acknowledge to the Washington Examiner that 21 agencies are doing Obamacare promotional work, but declined to provide additional details.

Via: Washington Examiner

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