MSNBC Contributor Jonathan Alter On Obamacare: ‘Repeal Equals Death’
On Thursday night’s The Ed Show , MSNBC political analyst and Bloomberg View columnist Jonathan Alter distilled what people on the left and the right have been saying about the real issues raised by the controversial SuperPAC ad that focuses on the death of former steelworker Joe Soptic ‘s wife. “What the press should be focused on is what are the consequences of repeal of Obamacare,” Alter said, “and the consequences, as Mike just indicated, are death. Repeal equals death.” That’s one hell of a bumper sticker, and, as Alter goes on to say, “That is not an exaggeration. That is not crying fire. It’s a simple fact, if you have preexisting conditions, and you are thrown off of health insurance or if you get sick after you or your husband, spouse, loses the job, you’re not going to go to the doctor as soon, your cancer or disease is not going to be caught as quickly, and your odds of dying are much, much increased. So Obamacare will save, literally, thousands of lives. And this is what...