"Obamacare Critics Have Outspent Supporters On Ads By A 5 To 1 Margin"

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Obamacare Critics Have Outspent Supporters On Ads By A 5 To 1 Margin

By Sy Mukherjee at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/05/2108561/obamacare-critics-have-outspent-its-supporters-on-ads-by-a-five-to-one-margin/

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A new analysis of advertisements about Obamacare aired since 2010 finds that the health law’s critics have spent a whopping $400 million on television spots criticizing the law. That’s over five times the $75 million that the law’s supporters have spent on ads promoting Obamacare and outreach efforts meant to educate Americans about reform.

Anti-Obamacare ad spending was most pronounced during the 2012 campaign cycle. But conservative groups such as the Koch brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity have spent another $2.5 million on T.V. ads slamming the law since then, mostly in support of local Republican political candidates.

In one ad run of behalf of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), a narrator proclaims, “It’s already causing layoffs. Higher premiums are next. Mitch McConnell saw it coming. Leading the fight against Obamacare.”

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other groups trying to educate Americans about the law’s benefits have only spent about half what Obamacare detractors have on advertising since the election.

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