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More HHS Nominee Tax Problems
[By Staff Reporters]
Although it’s sounding more and more like comedian Bill Murray’s movie “Ground Hog Day”, according to Tracy Staton, Health and Human Services department secretary-nominee Kathleen Sebelius, became the second appointee for the agency to admit underpaying her taxes.
Unintentional Problems
Sebelilus fixed three years’ worth of returns due to “unintentional” problems, and paid almost $8,000 in back taxes and interest. The snafu may not be serious enough to jeopardize her nomination, however. Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus issued a statement saying the errors were “minor” and accidental, and that he supported her confirmation (The committee’s ranking Republican Charles Grassley is reserving judgment until after her confirmation hearing).
A Daschle “Do-Over”
We all know that Senator Tom Daschle’s nomination to head up HHS hit the wall after a tax review found he owed some $140,000 in back taxes and interest. Is this a similar KS do-over; aka “mulligan”?
Industry Indignation Index: 45
Assessment
More importantly, are these so-called healthcare demagogues and gurus aware that “perception is reality”; especially in the healthcare space where integrity and trust matters most? Or, as ME-P Publisher Dr. David Edward Marcinko wondered aloud,
“Do politicians and/or those of us in healthcare really believe we are above it all?
Link: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/04/01/sebelius-runs-into-tax-problems-but-daschles-were-bigger
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