Republican Congresswoman gets surprise on Facebook after asking constituents for ACA horror stories

[kpete]

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Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers posted the ABOVE image on her official Facebook page, slamming the Affordable Care Act on the 5th anniversary of President Obama signing it into law. She asked constituents to share their Obamacare nightmare stories and well, the response probably wasn't what she expected. Below are a small sample of the comments constituents left on her page:

My story is that I once knew 7 people who couldn't get health insurance. Now they all have it, thanks to the ACA and President Obama, and their plans are as good as the one my employer provides--and they pay less for them. Now, that's not the kind of story you want to hear. You want to hear made-up horror stories. I don't know anyone with one of those stories.

I work for cancer care northwest. We actually have more patients with insurance and fewer having to choose treatment over bankruptcy. Cathy, I'm a die hard conservative and I'm asking you to stop just slamming Obamacare. Fix it, change it or come up with a better idea! Thanks

With Obamacare, I saved 300 bucks a month premium.. I have more coverage.. I like ObamaCare and can't wait til we go to the next step... Medicare for ALL.

And now my daughter, diagnosed with MS at age 22, can have insurance. What do you plan to do with her?

My daughter is fighting for her life with stage 3 breast cancer! We are about to enter a second go round of diagnostic procedures and possibly more treatment after two full years of treatment! So yah! The ACA is more than helping! I resent that our rep thinks the only problems involve her personal story!

My plans are intact, premiums have increased as always, but what seems to be a lesser rate, my plan was not cancelled, I did not lose my doctor, I have not experienced reduced work hours, and it's actually freed me from the chains of employer based being the ONLY path to coverage. #FEARMONGER

WAY MORE:
https://www.facebook.com/mcmorrisrodgers/photos/a.405156824771.195673.321618789771/10153225909544772/?type=1
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/26/1373436/-Republican-Congresswoman-gets-surprise-on-Facebook-after-asking-constituents-for-ACA-horror-stories

[hamsterjill]

1. I think it is awesome that people are speaking out!

Good for those people who take the time to attack mis-information on Congresswoman Rodger's Facebook page. I love it when some Repuke gets pummeled by their own!

[BeyondGeography]

2. Great stuff, but Cathy needs to stop being a die-hard conservative

She's talking to a wall. A bought-and-paid-for wall. There will be no serious thought given to affordable health care by today's Republican Party. Please, wake up.

[Hekate]

36. Do you think she said that so her Rep would listen, & not dismiss her? I do.

To a conservative the testimony probably has more credibility coming from another conservative, and the cancer hospital worker is aware of that. Rejoice -- she is on our side now.


Edit: Cathy is the congresscritter

[BeyondGeography]

40. Very possible, but look at net neutrality

Cruz got his butt kicked by conservatives over that, but would any of them not vote for him over a Democrat for the WH? I think there are cases like this where the orthodoxy falls short but the cons never pay the price.

[BobSmith4152]

42. Do any DU-ers live in her district? There's an election in 2016. n/t

[jmowreader]

53. I think there are a couple

There are three problems with trying to unseat Cathy McMorris Rodgers:

Problem 1: Her constituents like her because she does a decent job for them.

Problem 2: WA-5 is basically West Idaho - it is heavily infested with teabaggers.

Problem 3: Given problem 2, if McMorris Rodgers were to be voted out of office they'd choose someone like Matt Shea, who is a walking nightmare. This asshole is on his third term in the Washington legislature. In his second run for office, he was challenged by one Amy Biviano, who was Spokane County Treasurer at the time. After the primary was over and the general election race was Biviano vs. Shea (Washington uses a blanket-primary system; candidates for partisan offices are listed as "prefers <name of party>" on the primary ballot, and the top two advance to the general election. The 47 states that don't have this, need it.) Shea posted Biviano's home address and a picture of her house on his website.

[PowerToThePeople]

58. I do.

Try to elect D every time to get her out. But as stated above, still a ton of dumbass teabaggers here. Pretzel_Warrior is somewhere in this district.

[BobSmith4152]

72. Is she vulnerable to a primary from the right? I know it sounds dumb, but an

expensive, embarrassing primary with maybe a loss to someone so polarizing that the independents actually vote...

[KamaAina]

47. Believe it or not, she's the most moderate member of the repuke leadership

[Yallow]

90. Kathy is the Sarah Palin of Washington

Only Palin is smarter, even though that isn't saying much....

[KamaAina]

91. Ha!

Welcome to DU!

Believe it or not, a friend who used to work on the Hill respects her more than any other repuke, because she supports disability issues (surprise: her daughter has Down's. Remember, conservatives are allowed to give a crap about something that directly affects them. ).

[jeff47]

4. Yeah, like the government forcing me to buy car insurance

or to buy car seats that meet safety standards. Or houses that meet building codes. Or a million other things that you're "forced" to buy by the government.

Or is the only problem this particular one?

[riqster]

5. What a load of Teapub hogwash.

The government can and does have the right to make demands of us. It's in the Constitution.

We are required to purchase other types of insurance: social security, car insurance, Medicare and so on. The ACA is just another case.

[riqster]

13. Commerce Clause. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.

It sure was easy. But then, I know how to use Google.

[Gore1FL]

19. Take it up with SCOTUS

Their ruling is linked below.

[riqster]

20. I guess depth is not yours.

If you look at the history of the clause and the legal underpinnings of the ACA, the Commerce Clause does indeed apply.

Because the ACA is regulating interstate commerce. It is also in line with other mandated insurance products like Social Security.

Christ on a trailer hitch. Take the Limp-baugh talking points to somewhere populated by other posters with air-cooled brain pans.

[hatrack]

75. The ratio of Teatards to everyone else seems to be the same here as on her website

Ironic, no?

[riqster]

81. I am amazed that two of them saw fit to set up accounts to argue.

Or one schmuck with two socks.

[Cheviteau]

14. No purchase is mandated.

You can opt out of buying insurance if you wish. However, you'll be TAXED if you don't. And that is within the power of congress to do so. Get over yourself.

[KamaAina]

48. That was, in fact, Chief Justice Roberts' rationale

in casting the deciding vote in the 5-4 decision in favor of the ACA, that the payment required for those who do not buy insurance is, in fact, a tax, and thus falls under the taxation clause in the Constitution.

[Gore1FL]

18. Per the Supreme Court of the Unitesd States of America,

Article I section 8.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2.pdf

I defer to them.

[Grins]

6. Yes you can, and it happens all the time.

SCOTUS says you can. (Well, until June, maybe.)

And as for the "people who don't, won't or can't", search for John Oliver's last show where he slams cities that balance budgets by trapping poor in a ‘fuckbarrel’ of fines, and you see what happens to whose who "can't".

[joeybee12]

7. Do you work in Cathy's congressional office?

[Fred Sanders]

9. The Obamacare GOP lies are all coming home to roost, are they not, new, new poster?

MIRT?

[Cheviteau]

10. It's not a fine.

It's a tax. That was settled the last time this came before the SCOTUS. Congress has the absolute power to levy taxes. So your friend was taxed. As we all are in one way or the other.

[valerief]

11. Enjoy your brief stay here. I'm putting you on Ignore right now.

I know a ____ when I see one.

[riqster]

22. MIRT does too, it looks like.

[Android3.14]

43. Did I miss it?

Darn...

[Grins]

15. She paid a fine? How much?

"Friend of mine was telling us on IRC last night that she's already been fined."

How much? And why doesn't she have insurance and not be a burden for the taxpayer?

[Gothmog]

12. These are great stories

Rogers is an idiot to expect people to agree with her ignorant claims

[Cha]

60. lol, please see my very similar comment.. :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6420815

[Iliyah]

17. I don't think congresscritterwomen will even read them unless they are negative

The mind set of RW conservatism is to deny and lie.

[turbinetree]

21. Did she

go on the house floor to read them, that's was there purpose, she is selective in her hypocrisy and the writers should demand that she read them on the floor, just to show what kind of a persons she really is and it sot for the people that wrote these letters

[wiggs]

24. If you go to her facebook page you'll see the video of her house presentation,

which included deliberate mis-representation of her facebook comments. Though 99% of the comments left for her, many from constituents, were positive re their ACA experiences, she decided to read comments from 'around the nation' that were negative. Who knows where they came from, but they certainly don't represent the 1500 or so comments she personally received on facebook.

reprehensible

[raven mad]

55. Reprehensible is exactly right, wiggs -

and typical of just about any RWNJ in Congress today.

[Jon82]

73. That is what happens

When the facts do not support the arguments of hypocritical politicians. Why demonstrate the truth when you can get immediate approval for your side by twisting things out of context?

[Cosmic Dancer]

83. You don't hear Democrats

or the media calling her out on her lies. Dems are so weak.

[hootinholler]

23. kick for later n/t

[catbyte]

25. It's hilarious. The posts are about 500-2 pro-ACA, & the negative ones are really being questioned.

It's great to see. even Republicans like it. Unless, of course, you're in Congress. In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, "What a maroon."

[gregcrawford]

27. I grew up with Bugs...

... but I never did figure out what the hell a "maroon" actually was!

[Android3.14]

44. Someone on DU told me it is actually a racial slur

Wikipedia entry
I don't know if it is true.
I always thought it was a mispronunciation of moron, like Yosemite Sam's "idjit" for the word "idiot".

[riqster]

79. Mispronounced version of "moron", just like "imbessell" for "imbecile".

The modern equivalent:

[hifiguy]

89. Yep.

[gregcrawford]

26. HA!

Stick THAT where the Sun don't shine, Rodgers!

[spanone]

28. the horror of the ACA is that it's working and republicans want to repeal it.

[Phentex]

56. and still the news ignores it for the most part...

compared to the number of stories about the problems on the website when it first started.

[Cha]

61. Prescisely, spanone!

[sakabatou]

29. As Nelson Muntz said: HA-HA!

[cilla4progress]

30. I'm one congressional district over from her.

Thanks for posting. I went over there myself and added my 2 cents.

[madamvlb]

31. WOW...the responses are overwhelming her page.

[napkinz]

32. same thing happened one year ago with Ted Cruz ...

Ted Cruz Posted An Anti-Obamacare ‘Poll’ And Something Magical Happened (Screenshots)

by John Prager
March 30, 2014

On Monday Ted Cruz, in anticipation of the impending doom of America – something the rest of us would call the Affordable Care Act signup deadline – posed a question to his idiot followers on Monday. It was the tried-and-true drumbeat of the Stupid Party, an attempt to capitalize on the words of the President to whine about Obamacare.

Unfortunately for Cruz, when he asked, “Quick poll: Obamacare was signed into law four years ago yesterday. Are you better off now than you were then? Comment with YES or NO!” Cruz was surely not expecting what happened next: ACA supporters flocked to the thread to express exactly how deluded “Green Eggs and Bullsh*t” really is. Pages and pages of comments in support of the President’s signature law flooded into Cruz’s page:













MORE at http://aattp.org/ted-cruz-posted-an-anti-obamacare-poll-and-something-magical-happened-screenshots/

[DinahMoeHum]

37. Love that last post. . ."you,re a jackass cruz"

as well as the other disparaging posts about him.

[napkinz]

39. Ted Cruz signs up for Obamacare after vowing to repeal ‘every word’ of it

March 24, 2015

Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who has vowed to repeal “every word” of Obamacare if elected president next year, will soon be signing up for coverage under the plan.

Cruz, according to media reports, had been covered under the health plan of his wife, Heidi, who is taking a leave of absence from Goldman Sachs to help his campaign.

“We will presumably go on the exchange and sign up for health care, and we’re in the process of transitioning over to do that,” the Texas lawmaker told the Des Moines (Iowa) Register on Tuesday.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/ted-cruz-signs-up-for-obamacare-after-vowing-to-repeal-every-word-of-it/

[Cha]

64. What a snarling snake pit of stupidity..

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/26/chat-away-555/

[napkinz]

84. ...

[Cha]

87. Senator ted the lying clown.. perfect.

[Cha]

62. That's right.. and he didn't learn from that when he later posed the "net neutrality" question!

mahalo napkinz

[napkinz]

33. Ted Cruz Tries To Use Facebook To Prove No One Likes Obamacare And It Blows Up In His Face (IMAGES)

Randa Morris
March 29, 2014

The Tea Party crusade against the Affordable Care Act (ACA) hit a huge snag this week. On March 24, 2014, Texas Tea Party Senator, Ted Cruz, decided to put up a ‘quick poll,’ about the ACA on his facebook page. Problem? The Koch brothers don’t control the conversation on social media, the people do.

Ask a question, get an answer.

The question Rafael ‘Ted’ Cruz asked on facebook was simple. Are you better off now than you were before the ACA, also called Obamacare, was signed into law, four years ago?

Nearly 40,000 comments later, the resounding answer from people all across the country was YES.

People love the ACA.

People who responded to the question cited different reasons for saying that they’re better off since the ACA went into effect. Some pointed out that the ACA has saved them money, reduced their monthly premiums, and lowered deductibles and co-pays.










A large number of those who responded to Cruz’s ‘quick poll,’ said cited the ACA that prevents insurance companies from dropping people with a preexisting condition.






more images at: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/03/29/ted-cruz-aca-poll-blows-up/

[napkinz]

34. ...

[DinahMoeHum]

35. ". . .can't wait til we go to the next step. . .Medicare for all. . ."

. . .says it all.

[think]

38. Amazing list of responses /nt

[Dustlawyer]

71. Add mine to it! I started saving $900 a month this month when my 20 year old healthy

daughter was taken off my company insurance (I double upgraded our policy due to my no longer pre-existing condition) and put on OBAMCARE! Her policy is much better for $360 a month than the $1,250 a month I was paying for hers! $1,250 a month for a healthy 20 year old!!! Insane!

[blackspade]

41. Damn, that stings!

[ramapo]

45. Similar story in NJ CD5

My useless 'representative' put up yet another "Obamacare must be repealed before it destroys the country" posts last week. There were a surprising number of "positive-ACA, what are you going to replace it with?" posts in reply.

[brentspeak]

57. That would be Americans for Prosperity tool Scott Garrett

https://www.facebook.com/repscottgarrett/posts/10152882050538402

[hifiguy]

46. THAT is gonna leave a mark.

but probably not on the repuke congresscritter. Some mules don't even notice if you hit 'em with a 2 x 4.

[marym625]

49. Thank you for the post

Taking a break from a hard, depressing, work day. I went to the Facebook page and read the comments. Now, in tears but because of the wonderful stories. I looked through over 100 comments and did not see one negative on the ACA as a whole. The life saving stories are plentiful. Even her supporters are telling her to stfu about Obamacare or come up with something better.

My absolute favorite comment is "the Republicans would kill us all for the right bribe."

Back to work. Thanks again!

[TBF]

50. I know you're on the progressive side of the table

from your posts and I'm sure you're absolutely thrilled with the stories. Many of us were pushing so hard for single-payer coverage (and still are) but it is heart-warming to see how many are being helped already with Obamacare. Next step is to do away with the "insurance" middle-man.

[marym625]

86. I am.

We did. We still should.

These are wonderful. But single payer is the only way to be right, fair, equitable and to stop the absolutely exorbitant costs. Even with this, it's still not equitable.

Don't get me wrong. I'm thrilled so very many have insurance and have such great stories to share. But we can and should do better

[rafeh1]

51. well the rackos have their own facebook page

well the rackos have their own facebook page where they whine on re death panels and some lady whining she was forced into kaiser hmo..
https://www.facebook.com/PJMedia/posts/10153326974541159

[HassleCat]

52. Stick to the Script

Rep. Rodgers should have known the only Obamacare horror stories are those produced by paid shills. Pretty much without exception, all these sob stories about losing doctors, huge premium increases, no medication coverage, etc. have been uncovered as the products of some Republican consultant. There was a famous TV ad from Michigan where the "star" of the story turned out to be the wife of a GOP county chairman, and her sob story turned out to be completely groundless. What always surprises me, even though I should be used to it by now, is the boldness with which the Republican lie machine produces this garbage and doesn't care about fact checking. They know they will be found out, but they're banking on the fact they can run their ads and spread their rumors for a while before the truth comes out. I guess it's been working for them, so they'll go right on doing it. But the ACA is gradually becoming a problem for them, because ordinary citizens have direct experience with ACA, and that experience is generally OK, and they're telling their friends. Best of all, they're talking back to the Republicans trying to undermine the ACA.

[Enthusiast]

54. Kicked

and recommended a whole bunch!

[Cha]

59. Rodgers must be an idiot.. and not a lawyer.. you don't ask questions you don't know the answers to.

Not One Death Panel! Good on these people who have such positive experiences... and not one "pos used car salesman" rant.

Happy Birthday Obamacare!


mahalo kpete

[Gothmog]

74. I love that shirt

[napkinz]

85. Cha, that is one f*en great shirt!

[Cha]

88. Yeah, I needed something to celebrate

our 5th year party!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

65. That women's an embarassment to my state

Last edited Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:30 PM - Edit history (1)

But then I live on the liberal wet side.

[Flatpicker]

66. Facts

Don't matter to our Rebublicans anymore.

Math doesn't either.
Or sanity.
Or respect.

[seether]

67. republicans are fuckin goddamn shit

cathy mcmorrass Rodgers is obviously a heartless piece of fuckin goddamn shit,but it doesn't surprise me all repblicans are shit ,voters and elected officials ,all shit,all their policies are wrong and just create more debt,all of them,and half the country is braindead and racist and still vote for these goddamn thieves.they are all hypocrites ,bitching about hilarys emails when every single one of those lying sacks of shit has a second email account,and America says duh what duh american idol duh duck dynasty duh honey boo boo duh football duh taxes duh terrorist duh what planet are we on duh is Tokyo in Australia duh is 2 plus 2, 5 duh ,abortion duh eat shit America eat shit love seether

[uppityperson]

68. Welcome to DU and tell us how you really feel.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

69. Republicans are shut ins. They are AFRAID to mix with the masses.

[freshwest]

70. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ Voting Record

While serving since 2005, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers voting record has seldom wavered from the Republican Party line. Among the votes she has taken, McMorris Rodgers voted to allow health insurance companies to raise your premiums or drop your policy if you become ill. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash, 5th CD) has also voted to dismantle medicare and social security.

When we look at Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers on the issues, we realized that McMorris voted with the Republican leadership most of the time. She voted with her party 97% of the time in the 111th Congress while casting 1654 votes making her one of the most partisan members of congress. This includes her vote for the 2013 GOP Budget to end Medicare as we know it. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers voting record agreed with the American Conservative Union 96% percent of the time. Also, the Club for Growth scored her as voting with them 94% of the time. She voted with the Family Research Council 100% of the time, the National Taxpayers Union 89% of the time, and the National Chamber of Commerce 100% of the time (see WikiPedia).

Cathy McMorris Rodgers Voting Record on Health Care

Voted for cuts to Medicaid and Medicare

ReformVoted Against Health Care Reform

Voted Against Cost-Saving Measures in the Health Insurance Industry

Voted for Cuts to Social Security

Voted Against Food for Children and the Disabled

Voted Against Protecting Women from Violence and Unequal Pay

Voted Against Access to Contraceptives

More details on those votes at link:

http://we-can-do-better.org/rep-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-voting-record/

In office 10 years, a gift that Spokane keeps on giving Washington State. See, it CAN happen in a blue state. Her voting record ranges from 97% to 100% in line with GOP conservatives including the most radical. Look at who she hangs around with. No difference in the two parties, huh?

[Sunlei]

76. "Seems like Republicans have just become the real terrorists of this Nation" Love to Posters!

Instead of doing all you can to tear down our Nation why don't you start working to make it better.. Seems like Republicans have just become the real terrorists of this Nation..

[procon]

77. She lost wasn't very subtle in posting an image of Obama as a black waiter. nt

[world wide wally]

78. I just went back to her facebook page and now you have to be a "friend" to post a comment

Earlier today it was open to the public……….. Till she found out what the "public" thinks

[Skittles]

80. translation: only comments from teabaggers please

[msanthrope]

82. Wait...Obama's not a POSUCS? nt