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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Tue Jan 31, 2012, 08:30 PM Jan 2012

When GOPers accuse Obama of "taking $500bn out of Medicare (it's really insurance co subsidies)

Found on Twitter

@TheReidReport Joy Reid
When GOPers accuse Obama of "taking $500bn out of Medicare," they mean cut that much in subsidies to insurance companies. Just so you know.
https://twitter.com/TheReidReport/status/164494141127008256


p.s. Now all the talking heads on the TV box need to be sure to mention that fact when the GOPers are spewing their BS

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When GOPers accuse Obama of "taking $500bn out of Medicare (it's really insurance co subsidies) (Original Post) Tx4obama Jan 2012 OP
I know very little about this, never heard explanation julian09 Jan 2012 #1
 

julian09

(1,435 posts)
1. I know very little about this, never heard explanation
Tue Jan 31, 2012, 08:43 PM
Jan 2012

every time it comes up, I never heard a democrat defend or explain it. I know they vote without reading bills.

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