With the umpteenth video of Jonathan Gruber making public admissions about Obamacare, Vox’s timing with this is of course impeccable:
Selling Obamacare: How the White House convinced 8 million Americans they could afford health insurance http://t.co/W8iwjIeIk9
— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 15, 2014
Don’t bother clicking, because here’s the short answer:
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/533609600436944896
That, and so much more:
By mandating and paying for it? RT @voxdotcom: How the White House convinced 8 million Americans they could afford health insurance.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/Josephriskgmt/status/533614962628108289
https://twitter.com/TheSnarkPrince/status/533611008648949760
@charlescwcooke @voxdotcom Funny how the threat of law can do that.
— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) November 15, 2014
@voxdotcom By canceling 6 million Americans (and counting) health care plans that they were told that they could keep? That's a start.
— Patriots Flame (@majorgarrett69) November 15, 2014
@voxdotcom and of those 8 million how many ALREADY had insurance before OCare?
— Kimberly Stanley (@NokimboStanley) November 15, 2014
These would have been more accurate headlines:
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@charlescwcooke arsonist burns down house. @voxdotcom : man who loves beauty of flames convinces homeowner to build a new crib.
— EnjoyingTheOutdoorsCalvin (@MWBRI) November 15, 2014
@charlescwcooke @voxdotcom Click here to discover the one weird trick to get people to do things they don't want to do. Free people HATE it!
— 尬聊 (@HoboJerk) November 15, 2014
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