Potential donors to a nonprofit that promotes President Obama’s health care law are reportedly reluctant to open their wallets in the wake of a scandal-laced week for the administration.
Would-be givers are “gun-shy” after reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called on private industry executives to contribute to Enroll America, a nonprofit that is encouraging Americans to sign up for health care markets tied to the Affordable Care Act, the New York Times reported.
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The department has defended Mrs. Sebelius, noting aspects of the Public Health Service Act allow the secretary to engage with nonprofits to promote the president’s agenda.
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But Republicans in the House and Senate have been vocal in criticizing her actions, even comparing them to the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s, in which officials within the Reagan administration tried to sell arms to Iran to procure the release of hostages and fund rebels in Nicaragua.
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They’ve called on the Government Accountability Office to investigate whether her fundraising activities were legal.
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