Republican offended by anti-Jason Carter ads
I am a Republican and a former elected official, but I hate to see ads coming out that are wrong.
In the GOP Senate race, ads came out that said Rep. Phil Gingrey was not a conservative. Regardless of how you feel about Gingrey, these ads lied to voters.
Similarly, a series of ads are now beginning to run about Jason Carter. Among the things stated is that Carter supports Obamacare, which will cost jobs. This is highly misleading.
More uninsured people have already been added to the Medicaid rolls, just because Medicaid is more visible now than before. This addition of insured people has created jobs in the health care field in our state.
If Gov. Nathan Deal and the legislature would actually implement the most important part of Obamacare — expansion of Medicaid — over 70,000 jobs would be created per a Georgia State University study.
And, the feds would pay 100 percent of the cost for the first three years, gradually scaling back to 90 percent. What a deal (to use a pun) for Georgia.
JACK BERNARD
Monticello
Universal Health Reform for America 
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