memeorandum: Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies (New York Times)

4:45 PM ET, November 4, 2013

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The Real Reason That The Cancer Patient Writing In Today's Wall Street Journal Lost Her Insurance — Monday's Wall Street Journal features an op-ed from Eddie Littlefield Sundby, a stage-4 gallbladder cancer survivor who won't be able to keep the coverage she currently has.

Discussion: The Impolitic, The Mahablog, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Taylor Marsh and NewsBusters

Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:

A dishonest presidency — The Wall Street Journal broke the news this weekend that, even as President Obama was telling the American people they could keep their health plans, “some White House policy advisors objected to the breadth of Mr. Obama's ‘keep your plan’ promise. They were overruled by political aides.”

Discussion: Hot Air, “The Lid”, Power Line, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, NewsBusters and Mediaite

Edie Littlefield Sundby / Wall Street Journal:

I had great cancer doctors and health insurance.My plan was cancelled. Now I worry how long I'll live. — Everyone now is clamoring about Affordable Care Act winners and losers. I am one of the losers. — My grievance is not political; all my energies are directed to enjoying life and staying alive …

Manu Raju / Politico:

Senate Democrats to White House: Fix Obamacare — Democratic senators have a warning for the White House: Fix Obamacare's problems or put Senate seats at risk next year. — In interviews, Democratic senators running in 2014, party elders and Senate leaders said the Obama administration must rescue …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, VodkaPundit, Mediaite and Weekly Standard

Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:

Despicable: WH smears cancer survivor who lost her insurance plan due to Obamacare — That can't be true, can it? … Yes. Yes it is. Check out Dan Pfeiffer's despicable tweet posted via his official White House Twitter account. … Beyond repugnant. As Twitchy reported, Edie Littlefield Sundby is a Stage IV cancer survivor.

Discussion: Ed Driscoll

Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
In political messaging wars, White House deploys a Twitter army

Discussion: The Daily Caller and “The Lid”

Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Will Insularity, Incompetence, and Lies Doom Obamacare?

Discussion: Reuters, Firedoglake, Wonkblog, PostPartisan, Hot Air, The Plum Line, The Daily Caller, ProPublica, National Review, Conservatives4Palin, Power Line, Washington Free Beacon and Weasel Zippers

Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Shifts Focus in Bid for Momentum

Discussion: Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin, The Daily Caller, National Review and Washington Post

Barack Obama / The Huffington Post:

Congress Needs to Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — Here in the United States, we're united by a fundamental principle: we're all created equal and every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law. We believe that no matter who you are …

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
John Boehner Opposes ENDA, Dealing Blow To Bill's Chances

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Plum Line, White House.gov Blog, Poliglot, Daily Kos, Towleroad News #gay and Talking Points Memo

Jake Sherman / Politico:
Spokesman: Boehner against ENDA

Discussion: The Plum Line, New York Times, Outside the Beltway, MacRumors, PoliticusUSA and Mock Paper Scissors

Seung Min Kim / Politico: Gay rights bill poised to advance in Senate

United States Senator Dean Heller:
Heller Announces Support for Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

Discussion: Washington Blade, The Raw Story and Towleroad News #gay

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

Special Investigation: How Insurers Are Hiding Obamacare Benefits From Customers — Donna received the letter canceling her insurance plan on Sept. 16. Her insurance company, LifeWise of Washington, told her that they'd identified a new plan for her. If she did nothing, she'd be covered.

Discussion: Townhall.com, protein wisdom, The Impolitic, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and susiemadrak.com

New York Times:

Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies — Millions of people could qualify for federal subsidies that will pay the entire monthly cost of some health care plans being offered in the online marketplaces set up under President Obama's health care law, a surprising figure …

Discussion: The Commonwealth Fund Blog, VodkaPundit, Hit & Run, americanthinker.com, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Booman Tribune

Washington Post:
For consumers whose health premiums will go up under new law, sticker shock leads to anger

Discussion: Wonkblog, National Review, Federal Eye, The Daily Caller, Scared Monkeys, BillMoyers.com and Conservatives4Palin

Un Bylined / Bangor Daily News:

Mike Michaud: Yes, I am gay. ‘But why should it matter?’ — When I entered the race for governor, I did so because I love the state of Maine and am tired of seeing it dragged in the wrong direction. There was never any question that it would be a tough race, but I know I have the vision …

Discussion: Portland Press-Herald, BuzzFeed, Poliglot, Politico, Advocate, ABC News, PoliticusUSA, The Week, Post Politics, ThinkProgress, The Raw Story, Good As You, Talking Points Memo, Back2Stonewall, Taegan Goddard's … and TheBlaze.com

Ashley Killough / CNN:
Maine gubernatorial candidate comes out as gay

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Towleroad News #gay

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

Two Days until Brief Explosion of Christie Mania — Only two states, New Jersey and Virginia, hold their gubernatorial elections in odd years. Since there's generally a dearth of other political news at that time, Washington-based reporters usually decide that whoever got elected in Virginia …

Discussion: Slate, PostPartisan, The Daily Caller and The Dish

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
McAuliffe leads final poll by 7

Discussion: Politico, Taylor Marsh, Taegan Goddard's … and Outside the Beltway

Ashley Killough / CNN:
Biden frames Virginia governor's election as race against the tea party

Discussion: protein wisdom, Hot Air, Politico and ABC News

ThinkProgress:

BREAKING: Supreme Court Dismisses Major Attack On Abortion Rights — In an important, if likely temporary, victory for abortion rights, the Supreme Court took a major abortion case off its docket on Monday. The Court's brief order does not explain the justices' reason for doing so …

Discussion: Liberaland, SCOTUSblog, PoliticusUSA and Feministing

Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:

UT/TT Poll: Abbott's Lead Over Davis in Single Digits … Attorney General Greg Abbott, the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for Texas governor, holds a single-digit lead over the likely Democratic nominee, state Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Liberaland, LifeNews.com, Politico, PoliticusUSA, BOR and Taegan Goddard's …

Journalism.org:

Twitter News Consumers: Young, Mobile and Educated — Nearly one-in-ten U.S. adults (8%) get news through Twitter, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center, in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Compared with the 30% of Americans who get news on Facebook …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Switch, Mashable and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »

Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:

Health Consumers Finding Out They Were Sold a Lemon — I was going to write a piece about this silly graph that has been making the rounds, purporting to show that only a few people stand to lose from Obamacare: — But Josh Barro beat me to it: … Actually, he's still too kind …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Other McCain, The Daily Caller, PJ Media and Israel Matzav

Charlotte Hays / New York Post:

When did white trash become normal? — Mike Thompson (L) and June Shannon from the hit show “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” — Society crumbles when it takes cues from the underclass — When Snooki, whose talents include getting sloppy drunk and throwing up on camera, made Barbara Walters' …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Roger Ailes

Sarah Boseley / Guardian:

CIA made doctors torture suspected terrorists after 9/11, taskforce finds — Doctors were asked to torture detainees for intelligence gathering, and unethical practices continue, review concludes — Doctors and psychologists working for the US military violated the ethical codes …

Discussion: Hit & Run, Infowars, Liberaland, The Dish and Prairie Weather

Nina Golgowski / NY Daily News:

Video captures moment Georgia man lit his wife on fire while playing with a lighter at gas station: police — Austin Dawkins of Clarkesville faces a charge of reckless conduct after surveillance video captures him appearing to hold a lighter to his gas tank while refueling on Oct. 16.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Liberaland