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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDems ‘emboldened’ on ACA defense
For reasons that arent altogether clear, House Republicans organized a hearing today to talk to insurance company officials about ACA data Republicans knew to be false. The result was predictable.
Republicans struggled to land punches against ObamaCare in a hearing Wednesday as responses from insurance companies deflated several lines of questioning.
Democratic lawmakers were emboldened to defend the Affordable Care Act with renewed vigor and levity, creating a dynamic rarely seen in the debate over ObamaCare . Republicans were visibly exasperated as insurers failed to confirm certain assumptions about ObamaCare.
Well, it is exasperating when a group of lawmakers go to the trouble of creating their own reality and others refuse to go along.
The congressional hearing came against a backdrop of even more good news for those hoping to see the U.S. health care system succeed Sarah Kliff reported on new federal data showing improvements in hospital care have saved 15,000 lives in the two years after the Affordable Care Act became law, thanks at least in part to provisions in the law intended to reduce readmissions and reduce hospital-acquired conditions.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/dems-emboldened-aca-defense
It's good to check out the links from the article for the improvements to hospital care outcomes and debunking GOP lies.
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Dems ‘emboldened’ on ACA defense (Original Post)
IronLionZion
May 2014
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Big K and R. We all must learn our ACA info to help educate the right wingers when the topic comes
okaawhatever
May 2014
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IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)1. Shameless Kick nt
okaawhatever
(9,457 posts)2. Big K and R. We all must learn our ACA info to help educate the right wingers when the topic comes
up.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)3. And to educate regular people and nonpolitical folks
since they are getting plenty of pure bullshit from the right wing propaganda machine.