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The mid -term elections are in over a year, but this did not stop one right -wing group from misleading ads in Ohio attacking sensitive democrats. In Akron and Toledo ADS, American representatives say. Emilia Sykes and Marcy Hood did not vote “when it was time to protect and finance Medicare.”
“AND To have You saw it – said David Cohen, a political scientist of the Akron University. His impression?
“Absurd” – he said – in the fact that democrats have been the owner of the healthcare problem for decades and absurd in the context of a huge, lovely bill. “
This month, the decisive means of politics, adopted without a single democratic vote, can conduct A huge escalate in uninsured Americans AND Significant cuts in medicare. Television stations in Toledo have already worked checking facts Rejecting ads as untrue.
“Interesting politics,” said Cohen. “They just try to soften the Earth in many swing districts in the country – which is quite desperate effort – that the Republicans try to keep control over the House of Representatives in any way.”
What are the claims?
Democrats voted against constant resolution in March, which would prevent the government from closing until the end of September.
At that time, they sought democratic negotiators Short -term financing account give them time to achieve the contract. Republicans rejected them.
Medicare to compulsory programSo the benefits check even when closing the government.
March continuation of resolving funds for vital, related programs, such as social health centers and rural hospitals, but again, until the end of September. This is the whole argument that Sykes, Hood and 28 other Democrats did not support Medicare.
In the meantime, the adoption of the One Big Beautiful Bill Republicans may limit the program by almost half a trillion dollars by $ 2034, in accordance with the forecasts of the budget Congress. The existing law puts a brake, known as sequestration, on mandatory expenses if the deficit becomes too huge.
ADVERTISING criticizes democratic legislators because “they stamped the penalty of Biden Pill.”
This criticism concerns the law enabling medicare to negotiate drug prices. Relatively plain drugs (usually a pill) get seven years on the market before they qualify for negotiated prices; More complicated, pricey for the production of medicines (supplied with IV or infusion) are 11 years aged.
Pharmaceutical companies performing pills argue the difference in schedules “it unfairly discriminates against“Against pill producers and forcing the company to focus on developing more pricey drugs. The PHMMA solution is to transfer all drugs 11 years before negotiating prices.
After the first round of negotiations, Medicare and Medicaid Services centers announced that “Kara” could save the program $ 6 billion If these prices were in the place of the previous year.
Who is behind it?
The American Action Network introduced $ 7 million in an advertising campaign directed to 30 democrats throughout the country. The group is associated with the Congress Leadership Fund, Super-PAC supporting Republicans from home with the blessing of the speaker Mike Johnson.
IN press releaseChris Winkelman, the president of both organizations, said: “Conservatives in Congress are working hard to protect seniors and maintain health services for all Americans.”
“Proposals liberal members of the Congress support not only increase the costs of healthcare, but do nothing to eradicate the fraud and abuse of waste in the government,” he said.
As an organization 501 (C) (4) “Social Care”, American Action Network is not obliged to disclose its donors. But in November last year, this was noticed by a good government organization Phrma Aan $ 3.5 million gift in 2023. From 2010, Phrma has donated $ 38 million.
Although these groups of obscure money can be involved in political activities, this cannot be their main goal and cannot clearly support or against the candidate. Although, for example, ads criticize the voices of legislators, they encourage viewers to call the legislator, not vote against them.
Cohen thinks that the advertisement is to confuse voters and get water, but he is not entirely surprised.
“I think that now we are on the campaign stage, in which you throw as much crap on the wall and see what sticks,” he said.
Cohen added a lot of health care cuts in a great lovely bill, only after the election in the middle of the period. It was a “wise, strategic movement,” he said before the race, which is usually challenging for the president’s party.
However, when approaching a choice, the problem when the election is approaching? Not so much.
“If Republicans really want to talk about Medicare and Medicaid,” he said, “I think this is a huge advantage in the middle of 26 years for Democrats.”
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