Pawlenty: Health Reform Waivers 'Crony Politics'

The Hill reports:

Likely GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday added to already widespread criticism of healthcare reform law waivers, calling the practice an example of "crony politics."

Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, said the fact that companies are seeking — and getting — exemptions from key parts of President Obama's healthcare law is a sign it's broken.

"Another example of really crony politics or crony capitalism, if you've got the right connections, the right lobbyists, the right interest group, you get your special deal, and the rest of us get our wallet out, and that's in the tax code, it's in earmarking, and now you see it in ObamaCare," he said on Fox News.