Bill Maher: Republicans Lie to Sabotage Health Care Reform

The GOP propaganda machine is in full spin as operatives and hot talk stations spread lies and hysteria about items said to be found in the current House bill language of the American Affordable Health Care Act.

Talk of genocide on both ends of the life cycle are paraded down the street in a grotesque death march of wing nuts eager to drink any Kool-Aid and any lie to sabotage discussion about actual substance. Scare tactics included outrage over mandated funding for abortions and assisted suicide for those over 65.

Per a recent Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, the abortion coverage was modified significantly in committee. The Energy and Commerce Committee amendment: Prohibits abortion coverage from being required as part of the essential benefits package; and requires segregation of public subsidy funds from private premium payments for plans that choose to cover abortion services beyond Hyde—which allows coverage for abortion services to save the life of the woman and in cases of rape or incest; and require there be no effect on state or federal laws on abortions. See also the Guttmacher Report of July 22, 2009, that discusses these restrictions in the context of the insurance industry.

The genocide mandate is a considered a wild distortion of the House Bill. All manner of documentation to the contrary, Republicans try to paint a provision for suggested elderly medical counseling every five years as some Soylent Green scenario where seniors are meekly led to assisted suicide chambers.

Snopes, Media Matters, and AARP try to dispel these distorions originally forwarded by wing nut Betsy McCaughey.

Despite the facts, these same talking points of abortion funding and killing Grandpa were rebroadcast all day Friday by the vast right wing echo chamber, including Rush Limbaugh, and by the sick freak, Glenn Beck. //// The blatant and not-so blatant sabotage that's happening in our country today regarding health care reform is nothing short of criminal. People's lives are actually at stake and once again, people's ignorance and lack of education and being informed is about to do us all in... The greed from our health insurance companies shouldn't be surprising, if you're paying attention, but it's still astounding to me.

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[reddfactory]

I'm curious. Do republicans teach their children to lie, cheat and steal? Like if there is a dispute over a toy, do they teach their kid to share or just scream loud and lie? I wonder why they would tell their kid one thing and do another themselves.

[Godz1Chozen]

Think about it: They want their country back! Obama supporters, we need to support our president, they are trying to demonize him, There is not one liberty that we as citizens had while bush was prez. that we do not have under President Obama.....they are sickening! Lets rally together again and knock the hell out of them with CHANGE!!

[subarkin]

@reddfactory They do not need to teach children to lie. It comes naturally. This is honesty and moral principles what requuires to be taught.

[UNEASYMARKER]

@Godz1Chozen obama didnt even help america get 1 job u dimwitt

[acchokiefan]

In real life, the workplace, their family life, and especially in church. REPUBLICANS LIE CONSTANTLY

[MiracleMile90]

@chakrachaser: What're you talking about General Custer for?

[chakrachaser]

@MiracleMile90 You have timid confused with patience, logic, wisdom, and awareness. This is no longer a country that worships General Custer's approach to Democracy

[projectanimage]

Its not about republicans or democrats, or even if you vote or not. You are still going to have the same government whether you like it or not. You don't have a choice, and you don't have a democratic government.  America has been in a state of national emergency since 1933. That means you are in a dictatorship that trys to look democratic but utimatley the president is the comander in chief.

[demmmmm1]

@bootylicification If you don't know the "find out what's in it" context, or if you do and continue to blather on about it, you aren't serious about a thing.

The CBO scored the repeal bill. Said it'd cost $240 billion. How are Repubs going to pay for it? They don't care.

If Repubs want to take health coverage away from kids, re-widen the doughnut hole in Medicare, let insurance companies abuse customers...yeah, let's go back to THAT! It was SO good then...

[bootylicification]

Obamacare was signed on March 2010 with 59% of the people disapproving according to a CNN poll. The CBO scored Obamacare on six years of coverage for 10 years of taxes, which is how the CBO showed the bill to be deficit neutral . It’s unconstitutional mandating all citizens to purchase health care. Even Pelosi said, “We have to pass the bill, so you can find out what is in it.” watch?v=KoE1R-xH5To It’s also meant to take over industry watch?v=p-bY92mcOdk

Allen West 2012

[demmmmm1]

@BlackRepublican2010 I suppose, but I think it separates out public and private funds. And it doesn't dictate that the private insurers used have to cover abortion (although 80% of private insurers currently do).

Besides, abortion is legal, isn't it?

[BlackRepublican2010]

@demmmmm1 It has the possibility to. An executive order can be revoked at any time.