Might also be:

• Senate Health-Care Bill Provision Would Make it Impossible for Future Congresses to Repeal Parts of Bill
• Independent Medicare Advisory Board creates entirely new rules out of whole cloth

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RESPONSE:

This is an example of Republicans lying right through their teeth.   They are playing the American people for chumps, while lining the pockets of their insurance lobbyist friends.

FOLLOW-UP:

The Independent Medicare Advisory Board can be repealed by a vote of three-fifths of the Senate.  And if you missed the name, it says ADVISORY.

The Board develops Medicare cost-saving proposals which Congress must adopt unless it can come up with other ways to save an equivalent amount.

The commission would not be allowed to change Medicare eligibility or benefits, and its ability to change payment rates would be limited.

UNCOVERS:

Republicans will lie, distort, and use fear in order to kill any legislation they disagree with (or are being paid off to vote down).  The key here is to use the word LYING or LIE.

DO NOT use the words, hypocrisy, distortion, fabrication, exaggeration, or misinform- they are too soft.

People understand what a LIE is. Many will tune out for all of the long-winded explanation of how they’re wrong, and facts and figures often merge together.  In the end, what is important is they walk away knowing that it is a LIE.

SIDE POINTS:

CBO analysis estimated that the commission as described in the bill would reduce spending by $23 billion through 2019.

• http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/11/25/could-an-independent-commission-save-medicare/tab/article/
• http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/medicare-board-unrepealable/
• New York Times column