House Republicans: Immune to the Facts on ACA
May 9, 2014
House Republican efforts to prove their own deeply flawed report wasn't profoundly flawed didn't go as planned at an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing this week. How bad was it? Read the headlines for yourself:
- TPM: This Was The Week The GOP's Anti-Obamacare Circus Came Crashing Down
- The Hill: GOP struggles to land punches at ObamaCare insurance hearing
- The Huffington Post: Sorry GOP, Most Americans Are Paying Their Obamacare Bills On Time
- The Washington Post: Facts can't cure Obamacare Derangement Syndrome
- MSNBC: Setting a trap, falling in it
- Slate: Despite GOP Claims, Obamacare Enrollees Are Paying Premiums
- The New Republic: An Obamacare Hearing Just Backfired on the Republicans
- The New York Times: Insurers Say Most Who Signed Up Under Health Law Have Paid Up
- MSNBC: ‘That was just foolishness'
- National Journal: Another Obamacare Attack Goes Bust
- Bloomberg: Republicans Stumble on Flawed Obamacare `Facts'
- Mother Jones: Republicans Drink Their Own Kool-Aid, End Up Looking Like Idiots
The House Republican reporting method crashed and burned in the same way every other GOP attack on health reform has: it simply disregarded the facts. When will House Republicans put an end to their obsessive and partisan tactics and allow the Affordable Care Act to work for the American people?