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An Obama appointee who played a central role in crafting the 2010 health care bill has cashed out to a well-connected lobbying firm, where her first clients are two of the bill's beneficiaries: abortion provider Planned Parenthood and a hospital chain.
Liz Engel was deputy assistant secretary for legislation at the Department of Health and Human Services. Today she is a managing director at the Glover Park Group in the health and wellness practice. Her story further highlights the coziness of this administration with the abortion industry, and also undermines President Obama's portrayal of the health care bill as a broadside against special interests.
Most importantly, Engel's spin through the revolving door shows the emptiness of the new ethics rules that the White House brags about at every opportunity.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: Top Obama health aide cashes out after health 'reform' | Timothy P. Carney | Politics | Washington Examiner
Top Obama health aide cashes out after health 'reform' | Timothy P. Carney | Politics | Washington Examiner
Oh, Barry, say it isn't so!