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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/herald-leader-mitch-mcconnell-obamacare-kynectNewspaper Writes Blistering Editorial On McConnell's Shift On Obamacare
Daniel Strauss May 28, 2014, 10:01 AM EDT
One of the biggest newspapers in Kentucky is taking Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to task for taking a bizarre new position on Obamacare and Kentucky's state-based Obamacare exchange, Kynect.
McConnell has recently begun arguing that while Obamacare should be repealed, the state of Kentucky should be able to keep the Kynect system as it is, even if the federal law the system is based on were to be uprooted completely.
"If Obamacare is repealed, Kentucky should decide for itself whether to keep Kynect or set up a different marketplace," McConnell campaign spokeswoman Allison Moore told TPM on Tuesday.
That doesn't quite add up to the editorial board of the Lexington Herald-Leader.
"Repeal the federal law, which McConnell calls 'Obamacare,' and the state exchange would collapse," the editorial said on Wednesday. "Kynect could not survive without the ACA's insurance reforms, including no longer allowing insurance companies to cancel policies when people get sick or deny them coverage because of pre-existing conditions, as well as the provision ending lifetime limits on benefit payments. (Kentucky tried to enact such reforms in the 1990s and found out we were too small a market to do it alone.)"
The editorial goes on to say that Kynect wouldn't be able to survive without the federal funding from Obamacare.
"Kynect is the Affordable Care Act is Obamacare even if Kentuckians are confused about which is which," the editorial continued.
The editorial went on to say that the talking points it received from the McConnell campaign in response to questions about McConnell on Kynect and Obamacare are "unconnected to reality."
"Kentuckians are waiting to learn if their five-term senator understands or cares how much is at stake," the editorial concluded.
randys1
(16,286 posts)So eliminate healthcare for America but keep it for the people who vote for me
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)and their conclusion needs to be restated often:
"Kentuckians are waiting to learn if their five-term senator understands or cares how much is at stake," the editorial concluded.
Thanks for posting this.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)dead from the chicken neck up.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)alp227
(32,058 posts)Does he not remember this story from Aug. 2013 with the Kentucky man who signed up for KYnect and saying, This beats Obamacare, I hope"?
He's just taking this politically convenient position...because he sees Grimes as a viable challenger.
And the joke about Republicans calling McConnell "RINO" and "SOCIALIST" - well it's actually already happened. Search McConnell's name on any right wing site you choose (HotAir.com, TheBlaze.com, etc.) and find negative story after negative story!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)that turtle has been in the Senate for 30 years and has the nerve to gripe about "government workers"?
Ugh. Vote him OUT!
Cha
(297,704 posts)most brainwashed of teabaggers will scratch their heads and get a clue.
merrily
(45,251 posts)IronLionZion
(45,535 posts)I would hope Kentuckians are smart enough to throw this bum out.
malaise
(269,182 posts)come November - after his only goal in 2009 (making Obama a one term President), his defeat would be karma on steroids.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)nt
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)I have voted against McConnell every time I had the chance. Unfortunately he has a LOT of $$$ behind him. The only ads I have seen so far have been attack ads on Grimes, calling her 'a liberal'. Nothing about how great McConnell is, since he has absolutely nothing to point to that he has accomplished.
Stop/Repeal the ACA - Nope
Help Veterans - Nope
Extend Unemployment - Nope
Expand security for our diplomats - Nope
Decrease Unemployment - Nope
Keep the Government running - Nope
So, he can't run on his record. All he can do is call his opponent names. Personally, I take great pride in being a liberal. I even have my ACLU membership card to prove it! Remember that great scene from "The American President", where a reporter accuses President Shepherd of being a card-carrying member of the ACLU, and Shepherd whips out his membership card and asks where the reporter's is?
Go Lundergran-Grimes!!
sheshe2
(83,926 posts)kairos12
(12,874 posts)abakan
(1,819 posts)To buy this loser another term. We will see if truth can trump money on this one.
jmowreader
(50,563 posts)Do the Koch Brothers need Yertle the Turtle enough to spend what it'll take to defeat Alison Lundergan Grimes, or would they be better off diverting that money to people more malleable?
abakan
(1,819 posts)Even if he is not so easily pushed he has been doing their biding for years and remains in a position of power. I think they stay with him until the bitter end. Having more money than God must make it worth less.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Alison Lundergan Grimes...
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Red states have always received more money from the feds than they have paid in taxes, while Blue states pay more. It is eating the Red states up that the Blue states are finally getting back some of what they put in.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Unfortunately the far right has sold the idea of repealing the ACA without having anything to put in the place of what the 'base' now likes -- health insurance.