In a May 30 editorial, The Washington Examiner claimed that Democrats “gave new meaning to the label the 'Party of No' when they held a series of four budget votes” last Wednesday and rejected Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan as well as President Obama's. The editorial went on to claim that Republicans should “attack the bad ideas Democrats have ... embraced,” such as the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), which the editorial called “a 15-member rationing panel created by Obamacare.” In fact, as Media Matters has repeatedly documented, experts have dismissed the claim that the IPAB will ration care, and the legislation specifically prohibits the panel from rationing.

From the editorial:

As tempting as it is for Republicans to blast Democrats' inaction, they would do much better to go on offense and attack the bad ideas Democrats have already embraced. Obama's still ill-defined plan for reforming Medicare is to strengthen the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a 15-member rationing panel created by Obamacare, so that it can skimp on care for more than 43 million Medicare beneficiaries. Fifty current Democratic senators already endorsed this rationing panel. If the choice is framed as a debate between change versus the status quo in Medicare, then Democrats have the advantage. If the choice is framed more honestly -- as between Republican Paul Ryan's plan on the one hand, and the rationing panel on the other -- then the playing field will be far more level.