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MADISON Wisconsin Republican lieutenant governor candidate Rebecca Kleefisch, diagnosed with cancer a month ago, touts the treatments she received under her state-subsidized insurance plan at the same time she rails against government-run health care in a new television ad.
In the ad, which began airing statewide Tuesday, Kleefisch doesn't mention that her cancer treatments were paid for through the state-subsidized health insurance plan of her husband, state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, a Republican from Oconomowoc.
But Kleefisch does say that "thanks to the highest quality health care system in the world, I won my battle with cancer." Kleefisch pays $85 per month for her health insurance with the rest of the cost, $1,722, paid by the state.
Joe Miller, the Republican nominee in Alaska's tight Senate race, admitted Thursday that his family received federally subsidized healthcare benefits through programs he considers unconstitutional.
Miller, a father of eight who's running on a platform of fiscal conservatism, said his family received health benefits through Medicaid and Denali Care, Alaska's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is funded primarily with federal dollars, the Anchorage Daily News reported Thursday.
Shocking. Seems to be going around these days.
Joe Miller, the Republican nominee in Alaska's tight Senate race, admitted Thursday that his family received federally subsidized healthcare benefits through programs he considers unconstitutional.
Miller, a father of eight who's running on a platform of fiscal conservatism, said his family received health benefits through Medicaid and Denali Care, Alaska's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is funded primarily with federal dollars, the Anchorage Daily News reported Thursday.
The businessman also said he would keep the provision that prevents insurance companies from denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing conditions. After all, he said, his adult daughter was born with a serious heart condition, and even now her heart is backward.
"Every voter in Wisconsin can be sure that I'll protect people with pre-existing conditions, that they will be able to maintain coverage," he said.
Government employees get their choice of Caddilac private insurance, often with little or no out of pocket
That's not what Obamacare is.
I also like this one about Ron Johnson in Wisconsin. He's running to repeal the health care law--an assault on personal freedoms, of course--but promises to retain the guaranteed issue provision that the mandate was introduced to make possible.
The businessman also said he would keep the provision that prevents insurance companies from denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing conditions. After all, he said, his adult daughter was born with a serious heart condition, and even now her heart is backward.
"Every voter in Wisconsin can be sure that I'll protect people with pre-existing conditions, that they will be able to maintain coverage," he said.
Cognitive dissonance seems to be the order of the day.
