Fresh off her private meeting with Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid and the well-to-do liberal donors in Martha’s Vineyard, reporters finally caught up with Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes. Grimes appeared every bit as unprepared as she did during her disastrous campaign rollout.
In puzzling comments in which she tried and failed to distance herself from President Obama (whose agenda she ardently supported just last year as she worked to reelect him) Grimes admitted that ObamaCare is in fact “flawed” but believes efforts to dismantle and repeal it are a “waste of time.” The majority of Kentuckians disagree.
“Alison Lundergan Grimes recognizes the significant and devastating flaws in ObamaCare, but believes it is a waste of her time to do anything about it,” said NRSC Press Secretary Brook Hougesen. “Grimes’ ho-hum attitude toward the unpopular ObamaCare law puts her directly at odds with Kentucky residents, and is the latest sign of an unprepared candidate. ObamaCare will raise health care costs on Kentuckians, and while Alison Lundergan Grimes may be okay with skyrocketing premiums, hard working men and women in the Bluegrass State are not.
“Like the majority of Americans, Kentuckians want ObamaCare permanently delayed and dismantled so that the Senate can focus on their top health care priority – lowering health care costs.”
BACKGROUND
Kentuckians Will See Some Of The Largest Premium Increases In The Country As A Result Of ObamaCare – Somewhere Between 65% And 100%. “By contrast, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming and Virginia will likely see the largest increases—somewhere between 65% and 100%.” (Merrill Matthews and Mark E. Litow, Op-Ed, “ObamaCare’s Health-Insurance Sticker Shock,” The Wall Street Journal, 1/13/13)
Cut In Medicare Spending Per Kentucky Medicare Enrollee Over The Next 10 Years Because Of Obamacare: $11,037. (Robert A. Book and Michael Ramlet, “What Is The Regional Impact Of The Medicare Fee-For-Service And Medicare Advantage Payment Reductions?” Carlson School Of Management, September 2012; CMS Website, www.cms.gov, Accessed 7/18/13)
If Every Household In Kentucky Paid Taxes, The Total State Tax Impact Of ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion Per Kentucky Household Over The Next 10 Years: $503.27. (Heritage Foundation, “Medicaid Expansion In Kentucky: Impact And Cost To Taxpayers,” www.heritage.org, Accessed 3/5/13; U.S. Census Website, www.quickfacts.census.gov, Accessed 7/18/13)
