WASSERMAN SCHULTZ’S LATEST “SCAREMONGERING”
CLAIM
DECLARED “FALSE” AND “HIGH-OCTANE
IDIOCY”
The Washington Post’s The Fact Checker Gave Debbie
Wasserman Schultz Three Pinocchios For Her Claim That The GOP’s Medicare
Reforms Will “Throw You To The Wolves.” (Glenn Kessler, “Wasserman Schultz’s
Bogus Claim That The GOP Medicare Plan Will ‘Throw You To The Wolves’,” The Washington Post’s The Fact Checker,
6/1/11)
- The Washington
Post’s
The Fact Checker:“Wasserman Schultz’s Bogus Claim That The GOP
Medicare Plan Will ‘Throw You To The Wolves’.” (Glenn
Kessler, “Wasserman Schultz’s Bogus Claim That The GOP Medicare Plan
Will ‘Throw You To The Wolves’,” The Washington Post’s The Fact Checker,
6/1/11)
- The Washington
Post’s
The Fact Checker: “But Wasserman Schultz is jumping to conclusions —
not to mention scaremongering metaphors — to describe provisions in the
GOP Medicare plan that just do not exist.” (Glenn
Kessler, “Wasserman Schultz’s Bogus Claim That The GOP Medicare Plan
Will ‘Throw You To The Wolves’,” The Washington Post’s The Fact Checker,
6/1/11)
Expert
Whom DNC Cited Called DWS Comments “High-Octane Idiocy.” “We checked with
Michael Cannon, director of health policy at the libertarian Cato Institute,
one of the experts cited by [DNC spokesman Hari] Sevugan as backing up
Wasserman Schultz’s claim. Cannon described her comment as ‘high-octane
idiocy.’” (Glenn
Kessler, “Wasserman Schultz’s Bogus Claim That The GOP Medicare Plan Will
‘Throw You To The Wolves’,” The Washington Post’s The Fact Checker,
6/1/11)
FactCheck.org: “DNC
Chair Throws Truth To ‘Wolves’.” (Eugene Kiely, “DNC Chair Throws
Truth to ‘Wolves’,” FactCheck.org, 5/31/11)
- FactCheck.org:
“Rep.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz falsely claimed that seniors with preexisting
medical conditions would be denied Medicare coverage under the GOP's
plan. The House GOP plan specifically says insurance companies “must
agree to offer insurance to all Medicare beneficiaries.’” (Eugene Kiely,
“DNC Chair Throws Truth to ‘Wolves’,” FactCheck.org, 5/31/11)
- FactCheck.org:
“She
also repeated a false Democratic talking point that future
beneficiaries — those who are now younger than 55 — would be left on
their own to buy insurance in the private market.” (Eugene Kiely,
“DNC Chair Throws Truth to ‘Wolves’,” FactCheck.org, 5/31/11)
- FactCheck.org:
“She
is simply wrong to say that the GOP plan would allow insurance
companies to ‘throw you to the wolves and allow insurance companies to
deny you coverage and drop you for preexisting conditions.’” (Eugene Kiely,
“DNC Chair Throws Truth to ‘Wolves’,” FactCheck.org, 5/31/11)
The
Weekly Standard: “DNC Chair Falsely Claims Seniors Could Be Denied Coverage
Because of Pre-Existing Conditions Under GOP Reform.” (John McCormack,
“DNC Chair Falsely Claims Seniors Could Be Denied Coverage Because of
Pre-Existing Conditions Under GOP Reform,” The Weekly Standard, 5/31/11)
- The Weekly
Standard: “So
if Obamacare's exchange is ‘functionally identical’ to Ryan's proposed
Medicare exchange, why would people be protected under the former and
thrown ‘to the wolves' under the latter?” (John McCormack, “DNC Chair
Falsely Claims Seniors Could Be Denied Coverage Because of Pre-Existing
Conditions Under GOP Reform,” The Weekly Standard, 5/31/11)
- The Weekly
Standard: “So
it seems that Debbie Wasserman Schultz simply made an objectively false statement
about Ryan's proposed Medicare reform. This is the second time in one
week the DNC chair had a problem getting the facts straight.” (John
McCormack, “DNC Chair Falsely Claims Seniors Could Be Denied Coverage
Because of Pre-Existing Conditions Under GOP Reform,” The Weekly Standard, 5/31/11) Source: Republican National Committee Research, www.gop.com
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