From Media Matters: Right-Wing Medias Catastrophic ACA Predictions Still Havent Materialized Research December 27, 2014 9:01 AM EST By ALEXANDREA BOGUHN Conservative media issued catastrophic predictions and myths about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, despite ample evidence that the health care law is working. Media Matters looks back at six claims about Obamacare that didnt pan out for the right-wing media this year. MYTH: ACA Will Eliminate Millions Of Jobs MYTH: Obamacare Wont Reduce Number Of Uninsured Americans MYTH: The Affordable Care Act Is Failing The Public MYTH: Millions Will Lose Insurance As Companies Drop Health Benefits MYTH: The Affordable Care Act Creates Death Panels To Ration Care MYTH: Health Care Premiums Will Rise Dramatically Thanks To Obamacare MYTH: The ACA Will Eliminate Millions Of Jobs Rush Limbaugh Spins CBO Report To Claim ACA Will Eliminate Millions Of Jobs. After the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their 10-year Budget and Economic Outlook report in February, conservative media attempted to spin their finding that the ACA would create more job opportunities by freeing Americans from job lock by claiming that it would actually eliminate positions. On the February 6 edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show Limbaugh pointed to the report to proclaim that 2.5 million jobs, minimum would be lost, calling it a literal tragedy for the country. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 2/6/14] WSJ: Health Reform A Job Destroyer That Reduces Economic Mobility. In a February 4 editorial, The Wall Street Journal highlighted the CBO report to claim that Obamacare is a job destroyer and an in-kind bonus for unemployment. The Journal concluded that the law is removing rungs from the ladder of upward economic mobility. [The Wall Street Journal, 2/4/14]... mediamatters.org/research/2014/12/27/right-wing-medias-catastrophic-aca-predictions/201959
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