For the sake of your health care ...

Economist Paul Krugman came out with a timely reminder this morning of why Democrats must win Congressional and Senate seats this fall -- and why Nevada is a key place to start. Republicans just lie about their intent to take access to medical care away from people with pre-existing conditions. Here's Krugman:

When someone like, say, Senator Dean Heller of Nevada co-sponsors a bill that purports to protect pre-existing conditions but actually doesn’t, what he hopes for are headlines that say “Heller Announces Plan to Protect Americans With Pre-existing Conditions,” with the key fact — that his bill wouldn’t do that at all — buried in the 17th paragraph.

Or better yet, from his point of view, that 17th paragraph would state only that “some Democrats” say his bill is a fraud, while Republicans disagree. Both sides, you know.

So if you’re an American who suffers from a pre-existing medical condition, or fear that you might develop such a condition in the future, you need to be clear about the reality: Republicans are coming for your health care. If they hold the line in November, health insurance at an affordable price — maybe at any price — will be gone in a matter of months.

The graphic above, "GOPUS delendus est" is a takeoff on Shakespeare's play about the assassination of the tyrant Julius Caesar, meaning roughly "the Republican cult must die." H/t Kevin Drum at Mother Jones. I'll be using it a lot this fall.