George Allen called out on continuing false claims

October 11, 2012

PolitiFact ranks George Allen's claim that repealing Obamacare will save $1 trillion FALSE: "In Monday night's debate, he and Democratic candidate Tim Kaine were asked how they would avoid $1 trillion in automatic cuts split evenly between defense and domestic programs that are scheduled to begin Jan. 2... Allen's plan included a big-ticket item. 'Repealing and replacing Obamacare -- that's going to save $1 trillion over a 10-year period,' he said... We rate Allen's claim False."

Progressive Point: Virginians are fed up with politicians like George Allen trying to rehash old political fights and falsehoods instead of focusing on real fixes for our economy. Obamacare is making a real difference already for our families and making health care more secure for 250 million Americans. Insurance companies can't rip us off any more and people with pre-existing conditions are guaranteed coverage--saving Virginia families money every day.

It's no wonder most Americans think Obamacare improved our health care system and want conservatives in Congress to move on. But politicians like George Allen just can't let it go. They'd rather Congressional conservatives keep wasting taxpayer time and money attacking the law and hoping no one notices that repealing Obamacare would let them go back to receiving the special lifetime benefits the rest of us can't get. It's time to move forward with Obamacare, making our health care system better for everyone, and putting Virginians back to work.

Get the Facts:

• Repealing the Affordable Care Act would mean higher Medicare premiums, higher costs for wellness visits, and higher prescription drug prices. (Washington Post, September 16, 2012)


• "Repealing the health law also would have an impact on Medicare's 'doughnut hole,' the gap between Medicare's regular and catastrophic drug coverage, in which seniors are responsible for footing the bill. The average senior who falls into this space spends $604 on prescription drugs."(Washington Post, September 16, 2012)


• Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies are required to spend 80% of premiums on medical care. For Virginia this means $43 million in rebates, for nearly 687,000 Virginians, who are receiving $115 eachon average. (Roanoke Times, August 7, 2012)


• Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan would force seniors in the state to pay at least $639 more for their prescrip­tion drugs each year. At the same time, the Romney-Ryan plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system would cost current seniors at least $11,000 more in out-of-pocket expenses. (The Real Cost of the Romney-Ryan Plan to Virginians, October 2, 2012)


• Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan would once again allow insurance companies to charge women more than men while taking away preventive care from at least 1,376,205 women in the state. (The Real Cost of the Romney-Ryan Plan to Virginians, October 2, 2012)


• Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan promise to dismantle Obamacare, which would directly result in 66,000 young adults in Virginia losing the insurance they have today due to the Affordable Care Act. (The Real Cost of the Romney-Ryan Plan to Virginians, October 2, 2012)

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