The Republican national committee is demanding that Comcast Boston take down ads claiming that a Republican plan would end Medicare. The charge is expected to play a major role for the Democrats in the 2012 election.
Republicans say the ad is “blatantly and wholly false” and designed to scare voters. The ad’s defenders say that the Republican plan would not fully cover health care insurance premiums requiring seniors to purchase private coverage, in effect ending Medicare as we know it. -db
From a commentary in The Washington Post, June 3, 2011, by Greg Sargent.