With another day in this world, we have another misleading Facebook post being spread about by conservatives.
What are these little rascals spreading about the online book that is our face?
Donna Brazile, CNN contributor and Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, posted the following on her twitter page on March 23rd of 2012:
"2nd Anniversary of the Affordable Cart Act, ACA ('Obamacare' for critics)! #healthcareworks. Just ask millions with coverage."
Just below this quote in this very post is a second tweet by Ms. Brazile, which she made on February 27th of 2013, that says:
"What's on your menu? Just got off the phone with my health care provider asking them to explain why my premium jumped up. No good answer!"
That's all this post is comprised of, with the dates both being circled in red. That's all there is to the story, right? No, of course not. What, in baseball, if the Boston Red Sox lead the New York Yankees by the score of 3-2 in the top of the 4th inning, do members of the Boston sports media start writing articles that the Red Sox won the game 3-2? No, not unless they want to seek another job in the near future. So what else is there to tell regarding this story?
While it's true that Ms. Brazile made the before-mentioned tweets, including the one on February 27th of 2013, stating that her premiums went up and there was no good answer for it, she has made some additional tweets since that time which would completely alter the narrative of this post and story.
Here are some of Ms. Brazile's successive tweets:
- "Why are your health insurance premiums higher? Price gauging, not #Obamacare. My provider told me it was because of my age. More to come."
- "Starting in 2014, insurers will no longer be able to raise rates as they can right now. #Obamacare"
- "Under Obamacare, the no insurer can charge mature folks more than 3 times as much as they can charge twentysomethings. Again, January 1, 2014."
- "We are living at the end of that era until Jan. 1. And folks like me under 65 will have to endure this until #Obamacare fully kicks in."
- "Starting in 2014, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition that causes higher rates. #Obamacare"
Isn't that special? Conservatives try to prove that Obamacare is the reason for Ms. Brazile's (and others') premium increases based on the Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Convention's recent tweet, however, they left out a bit of critical information which would likely prompt them to not share this post at all, when Brazile tweeted, "Why are your health insurance premiums higher? Price gauging, not #Obamacare. My provider told me it was because of my age. More to come."
Something tells me conservatives wouldn't be spreading this post around on Facebook if the whole story was included on it:
"2nd Anniversary of the Affordable Cart Act, ACA ('Obamacare' for critics)! #healthcareworks. Just ask millions with coverage." 23 Mar 12
"What's on your menu? Just got off the phone with my health care provider asking them to explain why my premium jumped up. No good answer!" 27 Feb 13
- "Why are your health insurance premiums higher? Price gauging, not #Obamacare. My provider told me it was because of my age. More to come." later 27 Feb 13
https://twitter.com/donnabrazile
What are these little rascals spreading about the online book that is our face?
Donna Brazile, CNN contributor and Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, posted the following on her twitter page on March 23rd of 2012:
"2nd Anniversary of the Affordable Cart Act, ACA ('Obamacare' for critics)! #healthcareworks. Just ask millions with coverage."
Just below this quote in this very post is a second tweet by Ms. Brazile, which she made on February 27th of 2013, that says:
"What's on your menu? Just got off the phone with my health care provider asking them to explain why my premium jumped up. No good answer!"
That's all this post is comprised of, with the dates both being circled in red. That's all there is to the story, right? No, of course not. What, in baseball, if the Boston Red Sox lead the New York Yankees by the score of 3-2 in the top of the 4th inning, do members of the Boston sports media start writing articles that the Red Sox won the game 3-2? No, not unless they want to seek another job in the near future. So what else is there to tell regarding this story?
While it's true that Ms. Brazile made the before-mentioned tweets, including the one on February 27th of 2013, stating that her premiums went up and there was no good answer for it, she has made some additional tweets since that time which would completely alter the narrative of this post and story.
Here are some of Ms. Brazile's successive tweets:
- "Why are your health insurance premiums higher? Price gauging, not #Obamacare. My provider told me it was because of my age. More to come."
- "Starting in 2014, insurers will no longer be able to raise rates as they can right now. #Obamacare"
- "Under Obamacare, the no insurer can charge mature folks more than 3 times as much as they can charge twentysomethings. Again, January 1, 2014."
- "We are living at the end of that era until Jan. 1. And folks like me under 65 will have to endure this until #Obamacare fully kicks in."
- "Starting in 2014, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition that causes higher rates. #Obamacare"
Isn't that special? Conservatives try to prove that Obamacare is the reason for Ms. Brazile's (and others') premium increases based on the Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Convention's recent tweet, however, they left out a bit of critical information which would likely prompt them to not share this post at all, when Brazile tweeted, "Why are your health insurance premiums higher? Price gauging, not #Obamacare. My provider told me it was because of my age. More to come."
Something tells me conservatives wouldn't be spreading this post around on Facebook if the whole story was included on it:
"2nd Anniversary of the Affordable Cart Act, ACA ('Obamacare' for critics)! #healthcareworks. Just ask millions with coverage." 23 Mar 12
"What's on your menu? Just got off the phone with my health care provider asking them to explain why my premium jumped up. No good answer!" 27 Feb 13
- "Why are your health insurance premiums higher? Price gauging, not #Obamacare. My provider told me it was because of my age. More to come." later 27 Feb 13
https://twitter.com/donnabrazile
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