Americans for Prosperity have begun running “scare” ads to convince people to take action against their own interests. Their goal to lie about what Obamacare does or doesn’t offer in an attempt to get them to support #GOP plan to gut healthcare protections for American families.
Take a moment to watch this great ad from AmericansUnited refuting claims being made in one of those Americans for Prosperity scare ads:
Resources:
- https://www.healthcare.gov/
- http://nevadahealthcoop.org/
- Affordable Health Insurance Options Becoming Available in Preparation for 2014 (The Nevada View)
- 4 carriers will offer policies on Nevada health exchange (Las Vegas Sun)
Oh, and when one of your neighbors claims “Obamacare is going to cause insurance premiums to skyrocket” … tell them it only takes one quick search on the terms “insurance premium drops” to prove them absolutely WRONG:
- Maryland Touts Low Premiums in Health Exchange (Wall Street Journal)
- Maryland issues insurance rates that are among lowest in U.S. (Washington Post)
- Health insurance rates in New York drop by 50% (Live Insurance News)
- Thanks To Obamacare, New Yorkers’ Health Insurance Premiums Will Plunge 50% (ThinkProgress)
- Health insurance premiums in Massachusetts drop for a second year (Med City News)
And then there’s the Obamacare side effect — job mobility — once healthcare exchanges are in place, one will no longer being tethered to a job one hates only because one needs the healthcare benefits provided by that job:
- Obamacare side-effect: Job Mobility (International Business Times)