As Senators Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham make the rounds attempting to prop up support for their version of the least popular bill in three decades, it seems they’ve managed to achieve another important measure: the most dishonest Senate bill of all-time. They continue to lie about their bill, which all experts agree would raise costs, cut coverage, eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions and gut Medicaid. They’ve spread so much false information, in fact, we can hardly keep up. Just how many times have they been called out for lying?
- Politico: Kimmel, not Cassidy, is right on health care, analysts say
- Huffington Post: Bill Cassidy Says Jimmy Kimmel ‘Doesn’t Understand’ Health Care. Experts Say He Does.
- Washington Post: Three Pinnochios for Sen. Cassidy’s rebuttal to Jimmy Kimmel: ‘More people will have coverage’
- PolitiFact: Bill Cassidy offers misleading defense in face-off with Jimmy Kimmel
- ABC News: Fact check: Sen. Bill Cassidy on his health care bill assertions
- Washington Post: Cassidy-Graham and fuzzy math
- Bloomberg: Republicans Peddle Nonsense to Sell Health-Care Plan
- Vox: Cassidy is selling his health plan with misleading numbers
- Huffington Post: The Sponsors Of Obamacare Repeal Are Trying To Fool America — And Fellow Republicans
- Bloomberg: GOP Health Bill Would End Guarantee That Sick People Won’t Pay More
- Vox: Graham-Cassidy’s cuts are confusing. Let’s make them simple.
- Washington Post’s Health 202: Moderates would have to swallow deep Medicaid cuts for GOP health-care push to succeed
- Forbes: 6 Big Lies About Graham-Cassidy And Healthcare Reform And 1 Truth
