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• Wisconsin Club For Growth Said “Obamacare” Was An “Imploding” “Monstrosity” Failing To Illicit Concern Since Its Objective Wasn’t To Provide Health Insurance Coverage. According to Wisconsin Club for Growth, “In August, polling by a major international consulting firm found more than two out of every three Obamacare enrollees were unhappy with their coverage. Then last week brought word that enrollment is dropping off, suggesting a defiant citizenry prefers to pay fines rather than buy into the Obamacare system. On Sunday we found out the program won’t make its budget targets unless enrollments double. Good luck. The monstrosity is imploding, and the only thing missing is some sign of concern on the part of the Obama administration. It would probably be a mistake to look for that: Concern over an imploding program is what you’d expect only if the objective was to provide health insurance coverage, and the purpose of Obamacare is something else altogether.” [Wisconsin Club for Growth, 9/16/15] Wisconsin Club For Growth Described “Obamacare” As Insidious. According to Wisconsin Club for Growth, “Just when warnings about the insidious nature of Obamacare began seeming redundant, Obamacare’s insidiousness exceeds our worst fears.” [Wisconsin Club for Growth, 3/20/14] Wisconsin Club For Growth Described “Obamacare” As A “Fiasco.” According to Wisconsin Club for Growth, “How else to explain the administration’s airy dismissal of concerns over the Obamacare fiasco? Have you noticed how all the preposterous failures have begun fading into the background of humdrum routine, while the one thing forever conspicuously in sight is the attitude of palpable indifference?” [Wisconsin Club for Growth, 12/12/13] • Wisconsin Club For Growth: “Obamacare” Paved “A Path Of Genuine Destruction” That Literally Ripped Peoples’ Lives Apart. According to Wisconsin Club for Growth, “This can have only one result. It will stoke resentment as no public policy failure could by itself, as Obamacare paves a path of genuine destruction. There’s no partisan hyperbole in saying real people’s lives will be ripped apart—most immediately by identity thieves looting their bank accounts—in service of whatever you want to call this enterprise: Socialized Medicine, or to borrow the 1960s term; income redistribution.” [Wisconsin Club for Growth, 12/12/13] THE KOCH NETWORK THEN FOUGHT TO TURN THE PUBLIC AGAINST REFORM AND EVEN BLOCK ITS IMPLEMENTATION Americans For Prosperity Center For Media And Democracy: Directly After The Supreme Court Upheld The Affordable Care Act, Americans For Prosperity “Held A ‘Hands Off My Health Care’ Rally To Plan Next Steps In Their Effort To Defeat ‘Obamacare’” Utilizing “American Legislative Exchange Council Model Legislation.” According to the Center for Media and Democracy, “The evening after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Wisconsin chapter of the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity held a ‘Hands Off My Health Care’ rally to plan next steps in their effort to defeat ‘Obamacare.’ The plan apparently involves American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) model legislation.” [Center for Media and Democracy, 7/2/12] AFP – WI Directed Their Supporters To Sign A Petition Against The Affordable Care Act After King V. Burwell. According to Americans for Prosperity Wisconsin, “A spokesman for the chapter said they planned to direct the public to voice their discontent with the law by signing the petition at www.americansforprosperity.org/burwell.” [Americans for Prosperity Wisconsin, 7/25/15] ALEC Center For Media And Democracy: “ALEC Health And Human Services Task Force Director Christie Herrera Emailed Wisconsin Legislators In December 2010 Encouraging Them To Introduce ALEC’s Freedom Of Choice In Health Care Act.” According to the Center for Media and Democracy, “Open records requests submitted by the Center for Media and Democracy revealed that ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Director Christie Herrera emailed Wisconsin legislators in December 2010 encouraging them to introduce ALEC’s Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act. Herrerra recommended they use the language introduced in Arizona, which she says ‘expands and updates ALEC’s original 79
Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act.’ The following April, a version of the bill was introduced in Wisconsin and passed the state senate, but failed to pass the assembly.” [Center for Media and Democracy, 7/2/12] Capital Times: 20 To 30 Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Attended ALEC’s National Meeting Where They Were Given The “‘State Legislators’’ Guide To Repealing Obamacare,’” Which Then Inspired Sen. Joe Leibham And Rep. Robin Vos To Introduce The “‘Health Care Freedom Amendment,”‘ Which Would “Change The Wisconsin Constitution” To “Block The Implementation Of Federal Health Care Reform.” According to the Capital Times, “In December, he says, he and 20 to 30 other Wisconsin GOP lawmakers attended ALEC’s national meeting Washington D.C., where a key topic of study and conversation was federal health care reform. The ‘State Legislators’ Guide to Repealing Obamacare’ was handed out at this meeting, and its model legislation discussed. ‘A good example of that is a bill Joe Leibham is working on right now,’ Fitzgerald says. Sen. Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, and Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, introduced the bill Fitzgerald is talking about on Thursday. The ‘Health Care Freedom Amendment’ would change the Wisconsin constitution to prohibit the government from forcing anyone to participate in any public or private health care or insurance program. The amendment is meant to block the implementation of federal health care reform. The ‘State Legislators’ Guide to Repealing Obamacare’ urges the passage of ‘freedom laws’ exactly like this, which ALEC has been pushing for a while. A flood of similar bills was introduced in 42 states in 2010, according to the manual, which provides legislators with talking points, data and research supporting such legislation. ‘Introduce ALEC’s Freedom of Choice in HealthCare Act, the primary legislative vehicle for state pushback of the individual mandate and Canadian-style, single-payer health care,’ the guide says.” [Capital Times, 3/27/11] MacIver Institute The MacIver Institute Sponsored Healthcare Solutions Week To Discuss How Wisconsin And The Nation Could “Move Forward With True Health Care Reform.” MacIver Institute, “While the law may have been well intentioned, it is time to have a much-needed, non-political discussion about how Wisconsin and the nation can move forward with true health care reform. That is why The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy is happy to join with many other organizations across the country to sponsor Healthcare Solutions Week from October 13-17.” [MacIver Institute, 10/14/14] • MacIver Institute: “Instead Of Providing A Government-Centered Approach Like The ACA Has, We Should Try A New Approach.” MacIver Institute, “Instead of providing a government-centered approach like the ACA has, we should try a new approach that puts you, the patient, in charge of health care decisions. Instead of over-regulating the industry, which increases costs, we need to reduce regulations, introduce more competition and provide pricing transparency to change the health care system - ultimately bending the cost curve. Instead of continuing with a government-run health care system, which will drown our children and our grandchildren in more debt, we should try a different approach, which will save taxpayers money in the long run and just might free our nation of the indebtedness shackles that holds all of us down.” [MacIver Institute, 10/14/14] The Koch Agenda To Destroy Wisconsin’s Environment & Restrict Efforts To Preserve It KOCH GROUPS AGGRESSIVELY PUSHED FOR DESTRUCTIVE OPEN PIT IRON MINING Americans For Prosperity Inserted Itself In Both State And Local Politics To Aggressively Push For Open- Pit Mines AFP Threw Its Support Behind A Proposed Mine In The State’s Far North. According to the Center for Media and Democracy, “David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity (AFP) chapter in Wisconsin is throwing its support behind a proposed mine in the state’s far North. A mining bill -- almost identical to the one that failed last year in the Wisconsin State Senate -- was reintroduced this week in the state legislature. What changed? Republicans picked up two more Senate seats in 2012, which may give mining supporters the slim margin they need.” [Center for Media and Democracy, 1/24/13] 80
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