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And now for the next phase of the ObamaCare disaster: sending victims into Virtual Siberia-style Isolation by silencing them.
The 1st Amendment only applies to supporters of The One.
Hopenchange!
Julie Boonstra, a cancer patient who was kicked of off her health plan due to Obamacare, lashed out at Rep. Gary Peters (D., Mich.) on Saturday after lawyers for his campaign demanded that Michigan broadcasters cease airing ads featuring her story.
Boonstra, a Michigan resident, was diagnosed with leukemia five years ago. She was recently kicked off of her healthcare plan due to regulations passed as part of President Barack Obamas Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which Peters voted in favor of.
After relating her story publicly in an ad produced by the advocacy group Americans for Prosperity (AFP), Peters dispatched lawyers to prevent the spot from running on local television stations.
Boonstra, who says she is now struggling to pay out of pocket for her rising healthcare costs, told the Washington Free Beacon she is stunned by Peters efforts to censor her story.
Im appalled. Im appalled as a mom, as a woman, and as a cancer patient, as someone living with cancer who has stood before this nation to say, I cannot afford that out of pocket expense, said Boonstra, who said she was given a 20 percent chance of surviving her disease. As a Michigan resident, to silence my voice, Im absolutely appalled.
Peters, who is running for a seat in the Senate, instructed his legal council earlier this week to demand that stations stop running the AFP ad until additional evidence of the cancer victims claims could be produced.
For the sake of both FCC licensing requirements and the public interest, your station should immediately require AFP to provide the factual documentation for its claims if you are going to continue airing this advertising, read the letter from Peters lawyers.
The letter went on to question Boonstras motives and the facts presented in AFPs ad.
Boonstra said she is surprised by what she described as the Peters campaigns strong-arm tactics.
Im very surprised, Boonstra said just hour after she attempted to confront Peter face-to-face at his Bloomfield Hills residence. I have every right to tell my story and express my point of view and opinion on how Obamacare has affected me....
Cancer Victim Silenced by Rep. Gary Peters Speaks Out | Washington Free Beacon
The 1st Amendment only applies to supporters of The One.
Hopenchange!
Julie Boonstra, a cancer patient who was kicked of off her health plan due to Obamacare, lashed out at Rep. Gary Peters (D., Mich.) on Saturday after lawyers for his campaign demanded that Michigan broadcasters cease airing ads featuring her story.
Boonstra, a Michigan resident, was diagnosed with leukemia five years ago. She was recently kicked off of her healthcare plan due to regulations passed as part of President Barack Obamas Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which Peters voted in favor of.
After relating her story publicly in an ad produced by the advocacy group Americans for Prosperity (AFP), Peters dispatched lawyers to prevent the spot from running on local television stations.
Boonstra, who says she is now struggling to pay out of pocket for her rising healthcare costs, told the Washington Free Beacon she is stunned by Peters efforts to censor her story.
Im appalled. Im appalled as a mom, as a woman, and as a cancer patient, as someone living with cancer who has stood before this nation to say, I cannot afford that out of pocket expense, said Boonstra, who said she was given a 20 percent chance of surviving her disease. As a Michigan resident, to silence my voice, Im absolutely appalled.
Peters, who is running for a seat in the Senate, instructed his legal council earlier this week to demand that stations stop running the AFP ad until additional evidence of the cancer victims claims could be produced.
For the sake of both FCC licensing requirements and the public interest, your station should immediately require AFP to provide the factual documentation for its claims if you are going to continue airing this advertising, read the letter from Peters lawyers.
The letter went on to question Boonstras motives and the facts presented in AFPs ad.
Boonstra said she is surprised by what she described as the Peters campaigns strong-arm tactics.
Im very surprised, Boonstra said just hour after she attempted to confront Peter face-to-face at his Bloomfield Hills residence. I have every right to tell my story and express my point of view and opinion on how Obamacare has affected me....
Cancer Victim Silenced by Rep. Gary Peters Speaks Out | Washington Free Beacon
