John Oxendine is the Georgia Insurance Commissioner and current candidate for governor on the Republican ticket.
In the debate leading up to the passage of ObamaCare I was puzzled by the absence of the various states insurance commissioners in regards to the proposed legislation. There was a dearth of silence from them. These are the same insurance bureaucrats which burden insurance companies with new mandates and can't wait to levy hefty fines on them when they are caught in the wrong, but couldn't bring themselves to speak up in defense of their states.
I am not a fan of Oxendine, for a ton of other reasons, but being the career politician that he is I guess he figures the polls are tilted heavily enough in one direction now that he can come out and appear to make a principled stance.
Republican John Oxendine said he does not think Georgia should take part in the creation of a federal insurance pool, backed by $5 billion in federal money, that would offer subsidized premiums to people who have been uninsured for at least six months.
In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Oxendine tells U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius he has no confidence the program will not be a burden for Georgia taxpayers.
A little late ain't it Johnnie Boy?
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