Democrat-hating writer Dana Milbank of the Washington Post wrote an article a few days ago describing Barack Obama's accomplishments as "thin", and to back this up Milbank cited Obama's sponsorship of the
Health Care Justice Act , which created a panel to implement a health plan, but conveniently ignored another bill that gave 150,000 additional people health insurance.
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote that Sen. Barack Obama's "signature legislation as a state senator, the Health Care Justice Act, merely set up a panel to craft a plan," not, as Obama claimed, "expanded health care in Illinois by bringing Democrats and Republicans together, by taking on the insurance industry." In fact, Obama sponsored a bill that expanded health insurance programs for low-income families in Illinois. Following that bill's passage, more than 150,000 additional people reportedly received health insurance through the programs.
Here are the details about the bill Milbank ignored
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2007/sep/25/obama-did-win-health-care-many/Contact Keith Olbermann and tell him to stop inviting this half-wit to his show.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200712170003
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