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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDems run on, not from, the ACA
Dems run on, not from, the ACA
By Steve Benen
The conventional wisdom on the politics of health care is so widely accepted, it usually goes unchallenged. Democrats especially vulnerable, red-state Democrats will be desperate to avoid the Affordable Care Act this election year, eager to talk about anything but the health care law.
Indeed, Dems will simply have no choice: they will run from, not on, their record and the ACA successes.
Perhaps now would be a good time to reevaluate those assumptions.
I was lucky I beat cancer, but the insurance companies still denied me health insurance just because of a pre-existing condition, Keller says in the ad. I now have health insurance again because of Mark Begich. Because he fought the insurance companies, so that we no longer have to.
For those who believe the conventional wisdom, an ad like this is simply madness. Why would Begichs allies remind red-state voters about his role in bringing affordable health care and consumer protections to Alaskans?
Maybe because the broader conversation is undergoing a long-overdue shift. As an electoral matter, Democrats will own the increasingly successful health care law whether they brag or hide, so they might as well start reminding the public about why this was a good idea and why theyre proud to have championed reforms that benefit Americans like Alaskas Lisa Keller.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/dems-run-not-the-aca
By Steve Benen
The conventional wisdom on the politics of health care is so widely accepted, it usually goes unchallenged. Democrats especially vulnerable, red-state Democrats will be desperate to avoid the Affordable Care Act this election year, eager to talk about anything but the health care law.
Indeed, Dems will simply have no choice: they will run from, not on, their record and the ACA successes.
Perhaps now would be a good time to reevaluate those assumptions.
The Affordable Care Act remains deeply unpopular across the conservative terrain of Alaska, but a super PAC supporting Democratic Sen. Mark Begichs reelection isnt shying away from touting the health care laws success stories.
The pro-Begich group Put Alaska First released an ad Thursday titled Beat, in which breast cancer survivor Lisa Keller notes Obamacare enabled her to get health insurance despite the pre-existing condition.
I was lucky I beat cancer, but the insurance companies still denied me health insurance just because of a pre-existing condition, Keller says in the ad. I now have health insurance again because of Mark Begich. Because he fought the insurance companies, so that we no longer have to.
For those who believe the conventional wisdom, an ad like this is simply madness. Why would Begichs allies remind red-state voters about his role in bringing affordable health care and consumer protections to Alaskans?
Maybe because the broader conversation is undergoing a long-overdue shift. As an electoral matter, Democrats will own the increasingly successful health care law whether they brag or hide, so they might as well start reminding the public about why this was a good idea and why theyre proud to have championed reforms that benefit Americans like Alaskas Lisa Keller.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/dems-run-not-the-aca
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Dems run on, not from, the ACA (Original Post)
ProSense
Apr 2014
OP
Hopefully this is going to be a beginning of a blue come back home where red is
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
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Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)1. Hopefully this is going to be a beginning of a blue come back home where red is
Bleeding. Obama Cares.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)2. yea now they are -- better late than never
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Kick! n/t
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)4. Looks like the conservative soothsayers are wrong...again (an occupational hazard of working in...
an echo chamber)
calimary
(81,085 posts)5. DAMN straight!!!!
And that's part of what will help turn the public mindset back around - to - um, shall we say - the REALITY-based community????
nt