On Aug 11, 8:30*pm, "John R. Carroll" wrote:


Top Five Health Care Reform Lies
Lie #1: President Obama wants to euthanize your grandma!!!

The truth: These accusations-of "death panels" and forced euthanasia-are, of
course, flatly untrue. As an article from the Associated Press puts it: "No
'death panel' in health care bill."4 What's the real deal? Reform
legislation includes a provision, supported by the AARP, to offer senior
citizens access to a professional medical counselor who will provide them
with information on preparing a living will and other issues facing older
Americans.5

A professional medical counselor will not do anything that will affect
anyones health. Therefore it should not be required to be covered by
insurance. It will just increase the cost of insurance and provide no
health benefit.



Lie #2: Democrats are going to outlaw private insurance and force you into a
government plan!!!

The truth: With reform, choices will increase, not decrease. Obama's reform
plans will create a health insurance exchange, a one-stop shopping
marketplace for affordable, high-quality insurance options.6 Included in the
exchange is the public health insurance option-a nationwide plan with a
broad network of providers-that will operate alongside private insurance
companies, injecting competition into the market to drive quality up and
costs down.7

If you're happy with your coverage and doctors, you can keep them.8 But the
new public plan will expand choices to millions of businesses or individuals
who choose to opt into it, including many who simply can't afford health
care now.

If the government plan is subsidized by the government, it will be
more attractive to have than private insurance. And private insurance
will disappear. If the government plan is not subsidized by the
government, it will be just as expensive as what we already have and
which many can not afford.

Lie #3: President Obama wants to implement Soviet-style rationing!!!

The truth: Health care reform will expand access to high-quality health
insurance, and give individuals, families, and businesses more choices for
coverage. Right now, big corporations decide whether to give you coverage,
what doctors you get to see, and whether a particular procedure or medicine
is covered-that is rationed care. And a big part of reform is to stop that.