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Three Big GOP Lies on Health Care

by Karoli 07.20.2009

Our response to the New York Post column entitled “Perils of Obamacare: The Three Big Lies“. Lie #1 – Millions of Americans will be FORCED to change insurance plans Truth: No one will be forced to change insurance plans. The House bill sets forth specifics for the insurance exchange, and includes the public option as […]

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Investors’ Business Daily Lied To You!

by Karoli 07.16.2009

The Lie Investor’s Business Daily’s latest salvo comes in the form of an editorial claiming that private insurance is eliminated. When we first saw the paragraph Tuesday, just after the 1,018-page document was released, we thought we surely must be misreading it. So we sought help from the House Ways and Means Committee. It turns […]

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President Obama Signs SCHIP Bill

by Karoli 02.04.2009

…and shoots across the bow of obstructionists in Congress. Expanded SCHIP benefits were widely supported on a bipartisan basis and sailed to President Obama’s desk where he signed it into law with a flourish and a warning.

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