This video below is a presentation from the National Republican Congressional Committee showing how they “fought back” against the Republican support for the Ryan plan i.e. the Republican plan to turn Medicare into a voucher plan.  They use this as a case study.  In short – they’re going to amplify the talking point that Obama [...]

“Do not say: ‘entitlement reform,’ ‘privatization,’ ‘every option is on the table.  Do say: ‘strengthen,’ ‘secure,’ ‘save,’ ‘preserve, ‘protect.’” ~Email from the National Republican Congressional Committee This is how it works.  You may notice that Romney and Ryan are in fact following this advice; they constantly use the words “save” and “protect” when dealing with Medicare [...]

“There’s only one president that I know of in history that robbed Medicare, $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call Obamacare.” ~Mitt Romney, 60 Minutes 8/12/12 Before I get into all of this … Politifact checked this lie before and they found Romney’s claim relating to Medicare [...]

“This president stole — he didn’t cut Medicare — he stole $700 billion from Medicare to fund Obamacare.  If any person in this entire debate has blood on their hands in regard to Medicare, it’s Barack Obama. He’s the one that’s destroying Medicare.” ~Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee Chairman  First – Republicans can’t seem to figure [...]

“To that point, if people had been in Massachusetts, under Gov. Romney’s health care plan, they would have had health care.  There are a lot of people losing their jobs and losing their health care in President Obama’s economy.”  ~Andrea Saul, President Romney’s Spokesperson  A rare moment of honesty from the Romney campaign.  Yesterday – [...]

There is this constant drum beat of disinformation by conservatives relative to America’s healthcare system.  America’s health care system SUCKS compared to so many others; there are some things that we do very well but that’s only if you can afford it.  And we know most can’t. A recent study by the Commonwealth fund compared [...]

When our health care costs are completely out of control. Do you realize what health care spending is as a percentage of the GDP in Israel? 8 percent. You spend 8 percent of GDP on health care. And you’re a pretty healthy nation. We spend 18 percent of our GDP on health care. 10 percentage [...]

I realize the word on the street among conservatives is that Obamacare is going to cost the country too much.  But that’s a big lie; it’s a pants on fire type of lie actually.  If you think Obamacare is going to add to the deficit – well … then you’re about to find out some [...]

I have written many times about why I support Obamacare. I’ve written about how women won’t pay more than men for insurance now HERE. I’ve written about the $1.3 BILLION in rebates that insurance companies have to send to people like you and me for gouging us this year HERE.  This will be the new [...]

Mitt Romney said after being booed at the NAACP that he “expected” the strong objection in response to his pledge to repeal President Obama’s health care law. The black audience members rained boos on Romney three times during his speech — first when he said he’d repeal the health law, once when he said Obama’s record [...]