Saturday, March 29, 2014

ACA scorecard: Obama 6,000,000; Roskam 52

As President Obama chalks up the six millionth enrollee under the Affordable Heath Care Act (ACA), meeting the administration's first 2014 First Quarter goal, my Congressman Pete Roskam awaits his ...53rd chance to destroy the ACA's benefits to the tens of millions of folks who no longer have to worry about being shut out of financial and life saving health insurance. Realizing that neither vote 53 nor vote 553 will destroy the greatest legislation helping needy Americans since Medicare was passed in 1965, Roskam has turned over his congressional website, www.roskam.house.gov, almost exclusively to hysterical scare tactics for the Tea Party faithful who robotically turn out to re-elect career politician Roskam every two years. Here are the current website headlines that crowd out every important issue that a fabulously well paid congressman should be addressing:

•Roskam introduces bill to create Special Inspector General for monitoring ACA
•Roskam on CNBC's The Kudlow Report: Obamacare needs independent watchdog
•Roskam, community leaders tout legislation blocking job-killing Obamacare regulations
•What they're saying about Roskam's Obamacare watchdog

 Of course, that wasn't the only issue on Roskam's home page. Don't forget this related bit of anti social safety net nonsense Roskam has been peddling for years:

•Roskam leads bipartisan effort to combat billions of dollars in waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid

Roskam's feigned outrage is simply political posturing at its worst.

All things considered, I'll take Obama's six million ACA signups helping to improve and even save folks' lives, then Roskam's 52 heartless and inhumane votes designed to force those 40 million folks into penury, poor health or the grave.

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