I just saw another ad for Michael Bloomberg. I've seen this one about ten times already. In it, Bloomberg attacks Trump for supposedly trying to destroy the healthcare system. Of course, Bloomberg doesn't give a reason why the president would want to destroy the American healthcare system (there is none).
I get that Bloomberg is trying to make an impression, but wouldn't it be better to spend his billion dollars on ads that were at least true, or even believable? Let me explain.
1. Bloomberg says Trump wants to end protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Bloomberg says this even though every time Trump talks about healthcare, he says that any new system will have to provide protection for people with pre-existing conditions. Anyone who ever listened would know that. So Bloomberg's point is false.
2. Bloomberg says that Trump wants to have 134 million people with preexisting conditions lose their health insurance. How? Bloomberg doesn't say. The problem, though, is that the item discussed in the years since Trump took office is Obamacare. As of today, there are about 11 million policies that have been issued to individuals under Obamacare. Not all of them have pre-existing conditions. Somehow though, Bloomberg talks about a number that is like twelve times higher than the total number of people insured under Obamacare. Bloomberg's number is not just wrong; it's ridiculously wrong. Bloomberg might as well charge that Trump wants to raise the price of gasoline to $97.00 per gallon. The whole thing is nonsense.
Someone ought to tell Mike Bloomberg that just spending on ads won't get him votes if what he says in those ads is obviously a lie.
I get that Bloomberg is trying to make an impression, but wouldn't it be better to spend his billion dollars on ads that were at least true, or even believable? Let me explain.
1. Bloomberg says Trump wants to end protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Bloomberg says this even though every time Trump talks about healthcare, he says that any new system will have to provide protection for people with pre-existing conditions. Anyone who ever listened would know that. So Bloomberg's point is false.
2. Bloomberg says that Trump wants to have 134 million people with preexisting conditions lose their health insurance. How? Bloomberg doesn't say. The problem, though, is that the item discussed in the years since Trump took office is Obamacare. As of today, there are about 11 million policies that have been issued to individuals under Obamacare. Not all of them have pre-existing conditions. Somehow though, Bloomberg talks about a number that is like twelve times higher than the total number of people insured under Obamacare. Bloomberg's number is not just wrong; it's ridiculously wrong. Bloomberg might as well charge that Trump wants to raise the price of gasoline to $97.00 per gallon. The whole thing is nonsense.
Someone ought to tell Mike Bloomberg that just spending on ads won't get him votes if what he says in those ads is obviously a lie.
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