I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
A new ad from The American Future Fund, a conservative advocacy group, attacks Democratic Congressman Martin Heinrich’s vote for the health care reform bill because it “cuts $500 billion from Medicare.” But it isn’t that simple. As Reuters explained earlier this year, the cuts to Medicare came primarily in ending subsidies for private companies that offer coverage above and beyond traditional Medicare benefits.
FactcCeck.org reported that the one-in-four Medicare benificiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage “could see their extra benefits reduced by an average of $43 per month, according to the Congressional Budget Office.”
FactCheck has previously pointed out falsehoods in other American Future Fund ads related to healthcare.
CQ Politics reported that the American Future Fund paid $250,000 over four weeks for this ad — so get used to seeing it often on your TV.
