Matt Schultz’s Congressional campaign released its second television commercial yesterday. Unlike the first Schultz ad, which highlighted the candidate’s record as Iowa Secretary of State, the new 30-second spot focuses on repealing Obamacare, a “disaster” for the country. After the jump I’ve posted the video and transcript of “Repeal It.”
Incidentally, the 2010 health care reform law is not “government-run health care.” That would more accurately describe a Canadian-style single-payer system (which would work much better).
Schultz claims in the ad that Obamacare will cost the country “almost 2 trillion dollars,” but the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation indicate that the Affordable Care Act will cost the federal government less than previously thought. The law’s insurance coverage provisions are now expected to cost about $1.38 trillion over the next ten years. Considering all features of the health care reform law, CBO and JCT expect “that the ACA’s overall effect would be to reduce federal deficits.”
Matt Schultz for Congress campaign ad, “Repeal It”:
My transcript:
Schulz speaks to camera, as soft music plays in background and words “MATT SCHULTZ” appear on screen: I’m Matt Schultz. As a missionary in Argentina, I saw the failures of government-run health care up close. Now Obamacare is threatening to do the same here in America.
Rising costs and cancelled health care plans are already hurting Iowa families. [Viewer hears Schultz’s voice but sees montage of what looks like stock footage: hand using calculator, man and woman looking stressed out, woman with head in hands, apparently devastated]
Obama and Pelosi told us the lie of the year, [Viewer sees images of President Barack Obama and former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, words on screen “THE LIE OF THE YEAR,” Politifact, 12/12/2013]
and it’s going to cost us almost 2 trillion dollars. [words on screen: “OBAMACARE’S 10-YEAR COSTS WILL NOW ECLIPSE $2 TRILLION,” The Weekly Standard, 2/15/14]
View shifts back to Schultz, speaking to camera: It’s time to tell the truth: Obamacare is a disaster.
I’m Matt Schultz, and I approved this message because I’ll fight to repeal it. [Schultz for Congress campaign logo on screen, VoteMattSchultz.com ]