PolitiFact rates "Pants on Fire" an ad accusing Obama of exempting unions from health care law

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American Crossroads, the 527 group that has former GW Bush adviser Karl Rove as an adviser, has its latest anti-Obama TV commercial rated "Pants on Fire" by PolitiFact.com. (h/t: Washington Independent)

An ad from the Republican controlled campaign group Crossroads GPS asserts that unions are exempt from the new health care law as a political favor from President Barack Obama.

The ad shows union leaders and Obama speaking in favor of health care reform, then shows a Fox News anchor asking, "Is the Obama administration exempting some from complying with the new health care law as a political favor?"

Video shows Obama at a political rally, shouting, "Because we fought together, we had worked together, they walked doors (door-to-door) for me, they made phone calls for me, they turned out the vote for me."

Text on the screen then says, "Over 185 union waivers. All exempt from Obamacare mandate. If unions don’t have to comply with Obamacare, why should we?"

We spent a good bit of time looking into this claim, because it’s based on some very wonky details of the new health care law, things like annual benefit limits, phase-ins to 2014 and rules advertised in the Federal Register. We’re going to explain all those details momentarily, but we’ll start by giving you the bottom line: Unions do have to obey the mandates of the health care law like any other organization. And if there’s concrete evidence that they’re getting special treatment, we didn’t find it.

[Zoeisright]

1. Gee. A repuke lying? Who'd a thunk it?

:sarcasm:

[madrchsod]

2. unions do not buy their health insurance

and they have little choice in what the company buys for them. my cities union firefighters pay 0 for theirs but each dependent costs them around a 100. my wifes public service union has 0 input on what insurance the company buys.