Senator Grassley Target’s Information About Michelle Obama’s Employer, Her Position in Particular

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By Bruce Japsen |Chicago Tribune reporter

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Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, recently requested documents concerning the medical center's Urban Health Initiative as part of his larger inquiry into whether non-profit organizations such as the center are "losing sight of the public service that comes with tax-exempt status."

The issue is politically sensitive because Michelle Obama played a central role in creating the health initiative before taking leave to join her husband's presidential campaign. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for president, has made a major issue out of the ailing health-care system and the nation's 45 million uninsured citizens.

Michelle Obama, as vice president of external and community affairs, led a team that worked with physicians, including emergency-room doctors, administrators and clinics to link patients with primary-care medical providers elsewhere on the South Side. The effort, called the South Side Health Collaborative, has evolved into the Urban Health Initiative.

As part of the inquiry, Grassley is asking for information on executive salaries, including Obama's; how she and others were hired; and the process used in making those decisions.

Asked to comment on Grassley's inquiry, a spokesman for the Obama campaign directed the Tribune to a statement from Sen. ####### Durbin (D-Ill.). "The fact that Sen. Grassley is questioning the work of the University of Chicago Medical Center—especially those programs aimed at reducing emergency department overcrowding and promoting preventive health—is troubling and shows that he simply doesn't understand the problems facing our hospitals today," Durbin wrote.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi...0,4276333.story

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hnmmmm...politics as usual....

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Just ironic how she's not running for office and yey people have a cow over Palin's actual dealings and investigations... and she IS in the running for office...

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Just ironic how she's not running for office and yey people have a cow over Palin's actual dealings and investigations... and she IS in the running for office...

...that's because Michelle's too "uppity."

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so much for leaving families out of it...

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Just ironic how she's not running for office and yey people have a cow over Palin's actual dealings and investigations... and she IS in the running for office...

...that's because Michelle's too "uppity."

Yeah. Its elitist to support a community health initiative. How dare she anyway?

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Well I suppose any work she's doing on behalf of her husband is open to some scrutiny. What I would worry about if stuff like this is used to shoot down comprehensive healthcare reform - that would be beyond the pale...

BTW didn't Hillary receive donations from Big Medicine when she was running for Senate? I expect she'd have had similar problems if that was probed into.