Paul Ryan Sought Obamacare Dollars to Fund Clinic for Patients Without Healthcare in his district

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http://gawker.com/5940798/letter-reveals-paul-ryan-sought-obamacare-dollars-to-fund-clinic-for-patients-without-healthcare

In a 2010 letter [pdf] signed by Paul Ryan and obtained The Nation through a Freedom of Information Act request, the GOP's VP nominee — a major opponent of President Obama's healthcare reform — asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to use Affordable Care Act dollars to fund a new health center in his district.

"The proposed new facility," Ryan wrote in his recommendation letter, "will serve both the preventative and comprehensive primary healthcare needs of thousands of new patients of all ages who are currently without healthcare."

New Access Points, the grant requested by Ryan to pay for the Kenosha Community Health Center's new facility, is paid out using money set aside by Obamacare.

[malaise]

1. Lyan has serious issues

He is beyond shameless

[otherone]

2. so he helped out some people in his district

that is what the government is there for..

[Bandit]

7. I agree with you, but why would he then LIE about it?

I don't think he even knows what the truth is anymore....

[HereSince1628]

3. He's not ideologically pure or consistent...

and he lies A LOT...hasn't seemed to hurt him much, yet.

Maybe some superpac ad campaign will volumize this.

[trof]

4. But...but...THAT'S SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Ryan:”Medicare shouldn’t be a piggy bank for ObamaCare!”

(but "I will use it as a piggy bank for my own district&quot

[madrchsod]

6. i guess he thought no one would notice

and worse he thought no one could or would find out.

DAM! THOSE FACT CHECKERS!!!