Not Even The Pretense Of Making An Argument | The New Republic

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by Jonathan Cohn

The Republican Party website today carries a new press release titled "Real Solutions for Seniors." It has a lovely picture of an elderly couple walking and the idea, I gather, is to show how the Republican agenda will help seniors get better health care. But look closely--heck, not even that closely--at the content of the release. There are five bullet points, each one explaining a different Republican proposal. Four of them have absolutely nothing to do with senior citizens; they're about reforms that target working-age Americans. The fifth touts malpractice reform, on the theory that elminiating junk lawsuits will mean significantly lower health care costs.

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