Let's stand up and speak out for the TRUTH!
Now that healthcare exchanges are open, right-wing attacks on Obamacare have reached a new level of perversity. ‘Generation Opportunity’ -- a front group for the Koch Brothers -- has launched a propaganda campaign aimed at convincing young people to opt out of the new healthcare exchanges, putting our kids' health at risk.
Generation Opportunity specifically wants
to convince the next generation to live without health insurance so that the
entire system will fail. If a few of
those young people get cancer or are severely injured and can't get the
healthcare they need, why should the Kochs care? It won't cost them a
dime. Generation Opportunity wants to use college students to forward
their own twisted political agenda to kill Obamacare. And we need to stop
them.
This Koch front group is currently touring 20
college campuses, giving away pizza, beer koozies, and alcohol from booths
staffed by models, all in order to spread lies about the healthcare
law. They have made claims that Obamacare is “creepy” and a “pyramid scheme,”
including television ads to scare young people. Perhaps you saw the one where
someone in a creepy Uncle Sam costume pops up during a gynecological exam? (See
the picture on right.)(1)
Historically, only 11% of young people have been able to afford individual health coverage on their own, leaving 19 million 18-34 year olds without health coverage.(2) Obamacare is a tremendous opportunity for these young people, especially because there are income-based subsidies for those who need financial help.
It only takes one click to start spreading the truth about Obamacare and stop the Kochs from destroying our best chance to improve America’s barbaric healthcare system.
Thanks for all you do,
Paul, along with Annie, Caitlin, Eddie, Jacob C., Jacob W., James, Kristin, Laura, Lindsay, Michael, Sarah and Scottie (the Courage team)
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