Shock and Awful: Conservatives Already Lying About Obamacare Enrollee Chad Henderson
.. bit old, yet no search result for Chad Henderson on TA .. it's another good example of conservative lies toward their effort to sabotage Obamacare, and another reminder of Cato's Micheal Cannon approach ..
by Tommy Christopher | 9:14 pm, October 3rd, 2013 373
What he does do is deliver a completely different claim than his headline makes, but an equally dishonest one, comparing the $175 premium that Chad got from his Obamacare enrollment with this:
---- Compare that to what Chad could have paid if he bought one of the pre-Obamacare plans still available on eHealthInsurance.com until December 31. The cheapest such plan for someone meeting Chad’s profile is just $44.72 .. http://tiny.cc/6q9u9w – as little as 5 percent of his annual income and about one-quarter of his Obamacare premium. ----
The plan that Cannon picked for Chad also doesn’t cover things that Obamacare does, and that premium he quoted comes with a catch. They can charge him more, or deny him coverage altogether, based on his medical history, and even if he gets this POS policy, it limits coverage for preexisting conditions. Chad’s Obamacare policy has none of those flaws, nor will any insurance plan come January 1.
But Cannon’s other big lie, a lie of omission, exposes the human cost of Republican derangement toward Obamacare (emphasis mine):
---- Kliff reports that after a three-hour ordeal, Chad bought an Obamacare plan that cost him $175 per month – pretty steep, considering he makes less than $11,500 per year. His Obamacare premium comes to least 18 percent of his income. And no, Chad is not eligible for subsidies. ----
---- Henderson is a part-time worker at a day-care center. He did not qualify for tax credits to purchase health coverage because his income is below the poverty line. Since Georgia is not expanding the Medicaid program, that meant Henderson was essentially responsible for his entire premium. ----
---- “No, I do not have any intentions of expanding Medicaid,” Deal said. “I think that is something our state cannot afford. And even though the federal government promises to pay 100 percent for the first three years and 90 percent thereafter, I think it is probably unrealistic to expect that promise to be fulfilled in the long term, simply because of the financial status that the federal government is in.” ----
If the conservative Republican anti-Obamacare crusade is so right and just, then there should be no reason for a director at a leading think tank to lie like this. Remember that whenever a conservative tries to talk to you about Obamacare, and read the source material carefully
So Michael Cannon of Cato falsely not only creates an "amazing" plus for the conservative sabotage side (below from the post this replies to).
--- Medicaid dollars put GOP in quandary .. 2nd article in link ..
"When this law passed, no one thought there would be this much resistance to the Medicaid expansion," Cannon continued. While he finds it predictable that some GOP governors signed on, "what is amazing is that so many states have said no. That's the story." http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=94463191
Who is Cannon of Cato kidding? .. he doesn't only create "amazing"" out of thin air .. see reply to this post .. ---
out of thin air (who believes the number of states that said no was amazing) he also lied and cherry picked re Chad Henderson.
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