Romney Celebrates Health Care Reform Anniversary By Lying About It
On the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Mitt Romney seems willing to say almost anything to distance himself from the fact that his 2006 Massachusetts health care law served as a template for the national coverage expansion — even if it includes outright lying about its provisions.
During an event this morning in Louisiana, Romney told at least three whoppers. The former governor said that a recent Congressional Budget Office report concluded that the costs of the law have doubled, cited a discredited study claiming that 30 percent of employers will stop offering insurance as a result of the law, and insisted that the Catholic Church would be required to offer birth control to its employees:
– ROMNEY LIE 1: “And we’ve just learned from the CBO, it’s not a trillion dollars. It’s more like double that…Obamacare is massively more expensive than had been originally estimated.”
– ROMNEY LIE 2: “Thirty percent of employers said they are going to drop the coverage for their employees when Obamacare is installed.”
– ROMNEY LIE 3: “The Catholic Church is being told that they have to provide insurance that covers morning after pills, sterilizations, and contraceptives. Despite the fact that these very features violate the conscience of the Catholic Church itself.
But he’s wrong — dead wrong on all three points.
(The details of his lies is at the link.)
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/23/450771/romney-celebrates-health-care-reform-anniversary-by-lying-about-it/
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