You have to give some opponents of health care reform their due: theyre unashamed of lying through their teeth. Apparently, the lies arent the possession of one political party, either. Thats being proved by Democratic Congressman Mike McIntyre of North Carolinas 7th District, which covers the southeastern part of the state including Wilmington and Fayetteville. McIntyre is part of the Blue Dog Coalition of conservative Democrats, and hes been telling everyone wholl listen that hes against the health care reform proposals being hammered out in Congress. Two of the reasons McIntyre gives for opposing reform are simply wrong as in incorrect, mistaken, not true, bullshit.
He told his hometown paper, The Robesonian of Lumberton, This bill provides medical benefits for illegal aliens. I cant say it any more directly. That is absolutely unacceptable. McIntyre followed up one error with another, telling the newspaper that reform will mean cutting many Medicare benefits for Americas seniors. As we detail in this weeks CL cover story, the bills under consideration clearly prohibit undocumented immigrants from receiving any federal funds to buy health insurance from either a public or private plan. And as for cutting Medicare, the House bill proposes savings not cuts in Medicare by reforming how doctors are reimbursed and creating incentives for coordinated care. There are no proposals on the table to cut any services to seniors. None. You know, Mike, its bad enough having to push back against lies about health care reform from the GOP, but ... (sigh), oh, never mind.
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