…20 million Americans could lose their employer-sponsored health benefits, and 49 million more Americans could become dependent on government-sponsored health care…Projecting through 2022, Obamacare could cost as much as $2.134 trillion, and individual and employer mandate penalties could hit $221 billion…
Mike Brownfield
Morning Bell
Heritage.org
3/16/2012
This week, The Heritage Foundation’s Rob Bluey obtained a four-page strategy memo that outlines a White House-coordinated campaign to force an unwilling public to accept Obamacare. Once again, all the strategies by the Administration and its liberal allies involve how better to message this hated law as the anniversary of its passage approaches and the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on its constitutionality. If only the Administration put this much effort into lowering the price of gas or creating jobs.
The memo identifies the White House’s target audience — seniors, women, and young adults — with a goal of “increas[ing] overall public support for the law by making the benefits of the law (and consequences of taking those benefits away) tangible by featuring stories of real people impacted.” The effort will focus on two key issues:
“Remind people that the law is already benefiting millions of Americans by providing health care coverage, reducing costs and providing access to healthcare coverage. This message will include the ideas that these are benefits that politicans/the Court art (sic) are trying to take away from average Americans.”
“Frame the Supreme Court oral arguments in terms of real people and real benefits that would be lost if the law were overturned. While lawyers will be talking about the individual responsibility piece of the law and the legal precedence, organizations on the ground should continue to focus on these more tangible results of the law.”
The White House and its allies have a lot of persuading to do. The American people have come to their own conclusion about Obamacare — the law was a serious mistake, and it’s time for it to go.
Polling data shows the extent of the opposition…
The article continues at Heritage.org
Related: Paul Ryan to Speak at ‘Hands Off My Health Care Rally’
WASHINGTON – Americans for Prosperity, a leading grassroots organization with over 1.9 million members opposed to Obama’s health care takeover, is proud to announce Rep. Paul Ryan will join an impressive lineup of speakers at the massive March 27th Hands Off My Health Care rally on Capitol Hill…
Update: CBO: Millions Could Lose Employer-Provided Health Coverage Due to Obamacare, at MichelleMalkin.com
