Found this quote from Christie Herrera who at the time this was recorded was the Health guru at ALEC, before she left ALEC
for Florida
government appointment:
The exchanges are key to most other parts of PPACA -- it subsidizes/enforces the individual mandate and determines who is eligible for a newly-expanded Medicaid program. Stop the exchange, stop PPACA.
I went looking for it and found a thread from a live blog
which is an eye-opening exchange of the right-wingers.
The thread is located
Here are snips:
Joining the FreedomWorks "Stop Obamacare at the State Level" live blog in progress...KristinaRibali:Will be starting our event in just a moment. Thank you for joining us today!Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:24Dean Clancy:Hi, signing in.Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:25KristinaRibali:Thank you so much to our panelists for joining us today for this important discussion on stopping Obamacare at the state.We'll also be joined by State Rep. Jim Weidner of Oregon to talk about what is happening there.Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:27Christie Herrera:I'm here too. Good to be with you!Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:27Jason Hart:Hi Kristina & Dean!Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:27KristinaRibali:Welcome Jason!Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:27Michael F. Cannon:Hey gang.Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:27KristinaRibali:Welcome Michael!Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:28Benjamin Domenech:Looking forward to your questions.Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:28KristinaRibali:We'll begin right at 4:30. We have a few questions submitted by email that we'll start with.Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:29bdomenech:RT @lheal: Joining the FreedomWorks "Stop Obamacare at the State Level" live blog in progress... http://bit.ly/JlKLLB [via Twitter]Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:29KristinaRibali:What is the overall strategy for stopping Obamacare at the state level? Is there more than one way to accomplish this?Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:30Guest:Yes, Ben, I'm here.Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:30KristinaRibali:What is the overall strategy for stopping Obamacare at the state level? Is there more than one way to accomplish this?Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:31Loren Heal:Sorry, didn't realize I had to ID myself.Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:31bdomenech:An update on where we are: Few states set for federal exchanges - POLITICO. http://vlt.tc/abu [via Twitter]Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:32Rep Jim Weidner HD24 Ore:Rep. Jim Weidner of Oregon House signing inTuesday May 22, 2012 4:32KristinaRibali:First question:Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:33KristinaRibali:What is the overall strategy for stopping Obamacare at the state level? Is there more than one way?Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:33Christie Herrera:The exchanges are key to most other parts of PPACA -- it subsidizes/enforces the individual mandate and determines who is eligible for a newly-expanded Medicaid program. Stop the exchange, stop PPACA.Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:33
Read the entire 1 1/2 hour long thread
The intentional interference of American Legislative Exchange Council staff - an organization that claims it is NOT a lobby - claiming it's sole existence is to provide education to state legislators - HAH!
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