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Business Owner Destroys Republican Rep Talking Points In Town Hall (VIDEO)

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One wonders why in 2010 the Obama administration and supporters of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) did not saturate town halls with knowledgeable people who could dispel the fallacies by both politicians and Right Wing groups. The administration should have understood that the success no other President had attained in passing a universal healthcare law […]

See Why This Republican Operative Became Obamacare Supporter

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Clint Murphy is a 38 year old Republican operative. He worked for Republican US Senator Paul Coverdell in the 1990s, Republican Casey Cagle in 2006, John McCain in 2008, and Republican Karen Handel’s gubernatorial campaign in 2010. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Murphy posted a rather striking Facebook message. In the post he said, “When […]

Obama: ‘In The USA Health Insurance Isn’t A Privilege It’s Your Right’ (VIDEO)

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Obamacare Will Be Successfully Implemented President Obama came out swinging in this weekend’s weekly address. He made the following necessary and truthful statement. Many Members of Congress, in both parties, are working hard to inform their constituents about these benefits, protections, and affordable plans. But there’s also a group of Republicans in Congress working hard […]

Midday Open Thread – This Week’s Important Tidbits In Politics (VIDEO)

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RNC votes to ban NBC and CNN from the 2016 primary presidential debates. The Republican National Committee formally decided Friday not to partner with CNN and NBC News for any presidential primary debates during the 2016 election cycle, a rebuke of the networks’ plans to air programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton and an attempt to […]

NBC Right Wing Attack On Obamacare Gives Business Immorality Cover (VIDEO)

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NBC News did a disservice to every American in its news reporting on the supposed effects of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) on some small businesses. The story was reported by NBC senior investigative correspondent Lisa Myers. As opposed to doing real investigative reporting NBC chose to use a Right Wing narrative from businesses that […]

Obamacare Successful When States Care More For Citizens Than Ideology

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States that thus far have decided to implement their own healthcare exchanges and the Obamacare expansion of Medicaid have shown better pricing and cost savings than expected. These states have acknowledged that there is a severe healthcare problem in the United States and that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is the only program since the […]

Stephen Colbert Not Mainstream News Best Dispel Obamacare Lies (VIDEO)

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Have the American politics really come to this? This is reminiscent to third world strategies to mislead an ill-formed population. Republicans continue their unethical and immoral lies about the effects of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) on businesses and jobs. They have released a propaganda kit to instruct their members on how to lie and […]

Washington Fights For Its Own Healthcare–Who Fights For Ours?

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A deal was struck. The Obama Administration will allow the federal government to continue paying a large share of the cost of healthcare for members of Congress and  their aides. Absent this deal, politicians and their aides would find themselves in the same boat as Americans who work for themselves or have no insurance. They […]

Krugman: ‘Better-informed people on the Right seem, finally to be facing up to a horrible truth’

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New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has a great analysis in his piece “Republican Health Care Panic”. Before going into the most prescient statement in his piece it is essential to quote his interpretation of what the law does. Inasmuch as it has been explained in many forms, Krugman’s one paragraph puts it more succinctly […]