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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRight still pushing ‘don’t enroll’ crusade
Right still pushing dont enroll crusade
By Steve Benen
Of all the things conservatives have done to sabotage and derail the Affordable Care Act and good lord, is this a long list nothing seems quite as offensive as the rights campaign to encourage those without coverage to stay uninsured, on purpose, to advance an ideological cause.
Regular readers may recall that we covered this quite a bit over the summer. Conservatives launched organized efforts to convince the uninsured to voluntarily refuse to enroll because if fewer people participate in the system, costs would soar, and in theory the system could become unsustainable. Struggling families will of course be completely screwed in this scenario, but for the right, thats a small price to pay and a sacrifice theyre willing to see others make.
Eric Lach, referencing a report from the Alaska Dispatch, noted yesterday that the campaign is still very much underway. Indeed, it appears far-right Floridians are now lobbying Alaskans to stay uninsured on purpose.
Even by the standards of contemporary conservatism, theres something morally bankrupt about wealthy far-right forces targeting struggling Americans and telling them to go without access to basic health on purpose apparently because they dont like the president.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/right-still-pushing-dont-enroll-crusade
By Steve Benen
Of all the things conservatives have done to sabotage and derail the Affordable Care Act and good lord, is this a long list nothing seems quite as offensive as the rights campaign to encourage those without coverage to stay uninsured, on purpose, to advance an ideological cause.
Regular readers may recall that we covered this quite a bit over the summer. Conservatives launched organized efforts to convince the uninsured to voluntarily refuse to enroll because if fewer people participate in the system, costs would soar, and in theory the system could become unsustainable. Struggling families will of course be completely screwed in this scenario, but for the right, thats a small price to pay and a sacrifice theyre willing to see others make.
Eric Lach, referencing a report from the Alaska Dispatch, noted yesterday that the campaign is still very much underway. Indeed, it appears far-right Floridians are now lobbying Alaskans to stay uninsured on purpose.
The websites, dontenrollalaska.org and knowthefactsalaska.org, strike different tones and do not identify their creators, but they share similar layouts and were created on the same day in September. Facebook pages for both groups were also created on the same day, and, according to the Dispatch, television ads for both groups have been running during the same commercial breaks in Alaska.
And while the websites dont identify the creators or backers of either group, a representative from the Alaska chapter of the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity told the Dispatch that a group called the Foundation for Government Accountability was directly involved in both websites.
Based in Naples, Fla., the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit that promotes public policies that achieve limited, constitutional government and a robust economy that will be an engine for job creation across the states. One of the foundations directors is Robert Levy, the chairman of the board of the Cato Institute, the Washington, D.C. think tank with a long and complicated relationship with the Koch brothers.
Even by the standards of contemporary conservatism, theres something morally bankrupt about wealthy far-right forces targeting struggling Americans and telling them to go without access to basic health on purpose apparently because they dont like the president.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/right-still-pushing-dont-enroll-crusade
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Right still pushing ‘don’t enroll’ crusade (Original Post)
ProSense
Nov 2013
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
Sheri
(310 posts)2. how stupid is that?
it's the law. i'm all in favor of passive resistance when we're talking about slavery or civil rights or abortion, but health care? what's the point of fighting against that?
i fall back on the only explanation i have. republicans are stupid.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Rejecting the Medicaid expansion is equally depraved. n/t
Sheri
(310 posts)4. that goes beyond stupid.
that's contemptible. it makes no sense. all citizens are paying for the ACA through taxes. why not let the citizens of every state enjoy its benefits?
republicans are downright cruel.