half the story

One thing Republicans do well to frustrate the left is to report only part of a story.  Take the nasty headline and run with it!!  Don't bother to read the whole story!!  Just hear what I'm telling you!!!

Here' a classic example, a recent story on NBC News Health.  Headline:

Thousands get health insurance cancellation notices

Oh no!!  See?!  Obama lied!!  He said you could keep your insurance.  Most Republicans won't read past the headline.  If they did, however, they would have read this....  

By all accounts, the new policies will offer consumers better coverage, in some cases, for comparable cost -- especially after the inclusion of federal subsidies for those who qualify. The law requires policies sold in the individual market to cover 10 “essential” benefits, such as prescription drugs, mental health treatment and maternity care. In addition, insurers cannot reject people with medical problems or charge them higher prices. The policies must also cap consumers’ annual expenses at levels lower than many plans sold before the new rules.

But the cancellation notices, which began arriving in August, have shocked many consumers in light of President Barack Obama’s promise that people could keep their plans if they liked them.

It gets better.  And worse, for the GOP.

snip:

Florida Blue, for example, is terminating about 300,000 policies, about 80 percent of its individual policies in the state. Kaiser Permanente in California has sent notices to 160,000 people – about half of its individual business in the state. Insurer Highmark in Pittsburgh is dropping about 20 percent of its individual market customers, while Independence Blue Cross, the major insurer in Philadelphia, is dropping about 45 percent.

My goodness!  Those poor people!  All those people getting that letter in the mail, just like Ted Cruz said, telling them their health insurance has been cancelled.

But remember what the story said above.  Every policy must cover those 10 "essential" benefits, and if it doesn't, it has to be replaced by one that does cover those 10 things, and here's the zinger:

Highmark spokeswoman Kristin Ash....said some policyholders who may have faced limited coverage for their medical conditions will get new plans with “richer benefits” and the policies “in most cases, will be at a lower rate.”

So there you have it.  All of those thousands of people who are getting their insurance cancelled will be offered policies with better coverage and "in most cases" at a "lower rate." 

But all you'll hear from the Republicans is the headline, "Thousands get health insurance cancellation notices."  I guess we can't expect the GOP to tell people the whole truth.  People might LIKE Obamacare, heaven forbid.

I get so tired of this shit.  They pull crap like this all the time, distorting this study or that research, or whatever, as long as they can twist it to their perceived benefit, and they know their constituents aren't very smart to begin with and are easily fooled.

So liberals and Democrats may indeed have to counter every lie, every distortion, all the while knowing that the Republicans will pull a few more out of their ass next time.  And those will have to be debunked.  Etc.  Etc.  Etc.

Original story.