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Tuesday's special election in New York’s 26th Congressional District wasn’t an ordinary election – it was a referendum on the Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it. In one of the most conservative districts in New York, voters rejected the centerpiece of the Republican plan for our country.

“As the President said in his State of the Union address, he is willing to work with leaders of both parties to improve the Affordable Care Act in ways that advance the central goals of the law: increasing health care access and reducing health care costs. The ‘Empowering States to Innovate’ bill does just that and for that reason, President Obama’s support is an important step forward for this critical legislation."

With the House poised to vote Wednesday on Republican-sponsored legislation to repeal health care reform, it's crucial to dispel the myths from the facts.

This week, Republicans are pressing legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a move that would eliminate health benefits for young people, seniors, and small businesses, hinder job growth, and add $230 billion to the deficit over the next 10 years. In the time since our previous post on national newspaper editorial boards denouncing Republicans’ repeal bill, even more newspaper editorials have been published echoing those repudiations. Here’s what they’re saying.

The Washington Post today published a “fact check” to shed light on the false GOP claims that the Affordable Care Act would “kill” 650,000 jobs if the law remains in effect. Those claims have been widely disputed, including most prominently by the Congressional Budget Office.

As House Republicans move forward with a bill to repeal the “job killing” Affordable Care Act, they ignore the fact that the economy added 113,000 jobs during December 2010, topping 12 consecutive months of economic growth. Additionally, a Harvard economist released a report today demonstrating that repealing health care would have a hugely-negative economic outcome on job growth.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the non-partisan authority on budget legislation, estimated today that House Republicans’ bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (H.R. 2) would “increase in deficits to something in the vicinity of $230 billion.”

The paint is still drying in new-members’ offices, but Republicans have already broken promises they made on the campaign trail, getting themselves in hot water with the American people and their own supporters. Here’s a look at what the media is saying about the Republicans’ not-so-promising first 24 hours in office.