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Morning Plum: Hype versus reality in the war of Obamacare anecdotes
Morning Plum: Hype versus reality in the war of Obamacare anecdotes
By Greg Sargent
The chatter continues today about the Tea Party group Americans for Prosperity’s misleading anti-Obamacare ads. But there’s another dimension to this story that deserves more attention: While AFP is spending huge sums of cash on ads that hype or even invent stories about the law’s supposed victims, the group is actively working to block health coverage under Obamacare from reaching untold numbers of real people.
This is now unfolding in two states: Nebraska and Louisiana, where the question of whether the states will accept federal Medicaid expansion dollars to cover their residents under the Affordable Care Act remains unresolved.
In Nebraska, a GOP lawmaker is trying to move forward with a plan that could expand coverage to over 50,000 people who fall into the “Medicaid gap,” over the opposition of the state’s GOP governor. Proponents argue beneficiaries would get private insurance and would pay up a bit in premiums – conservative tweaks apparently designed to achieve some distance from hated Obamacare — while bringing in federal dollars that would increase the state’s health and help local hospitals and the economy. Passage is in doubt, but it’s not over yet.
The Dem group Americans United for Change announced today that it is launching radio ads pressuring Nebraska state legislators to agree to the expansion, which will get a vote soon. Expanding coverage in a deep red state would be a win for the law — and this battle will draw more attention in coming days.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/02/24/morning-plum-hype-versus-reality-in-the-war-of-obamacare-anecdotes/
By Greg Sargent
The chatter continues today about the Tea Party group Americans for Prosperity’s misleading anti-Obamacare ads. But there’s another dimension to this story that deserves more attention: While AFP is spending huge sums of cash on ads that hype or even invent stories about the law’s supposed victims, the group is actively working to block health coverage under Obamacare from reaching untold numbers of real people.
This is now unfolding in two states: Nebraska and Louisiana, where the question of whether the states will accept federal Medicaid expansion dollars to cover their residents under the Affordable Care Act remains unresolved.
In Nebraska, a GOP lawmaker is trying to move forward with a plan that could expand coverage to over 50,000 people who fall into the “Medicaid gap,” over the opposition of the state’s GOP governor. Proponents argue beneficiaries would get private insurance and would pay up a bit in premiums – conservative tweaks apparently designed to achieve some distance from hated Obamacare — while bringing in federal dollars that would increase the state’s health and help local hospitals and the economy. Passage is in doubt, but it’s not over yet.
The Dem group Americans United for Change announced today that it is launching radio ads pressuring Nebraska state legislators to agree to the expansion, which will get a vote soon. Expanding coverage in a deep red state would be a win for the law — and this battle will draw more attention in coming days.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/02/24/morning-plum-hype-versus-reality-in-the-war-of-obamacare-anecdotes/
Isn't too bad that some people buy into the RW distortions?
The Obamacare Hail Mary That Could Save The Senate For Democrats
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024555514
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