I need some community assistance knocking down this misleading article/commentary in Forbes yesterday by Avik Roy. Conservative healthcare policy "wonk" Avik Roy purports to fact check the Obama argument that it didnt really cut 700B from Medicare.
I know all the arguments we have for why that is not the case, but this partisan hack goes through our rebuttals and appears to have a response to each. Based on who he is, I assume these rebuttals are bunk. But I would like to marshall the best response to each. I am in the middle of a discussion/debate with a bunch of conservative and supposedly undecided friends who have pointed to this article to rebut my claims that Romney's argument that Obama cut 700B from Medicare should not be believed. Please help! Here is the article to rebut:
Avik Roy article