Get to the facts about health care reform

Posted on | 12 August 2009 | 2 Comments

Sarah Palin’s talk about a “death panel” was just another in a long series of her public and dark lies.  She is not alone in this, however.  The right has been inventing all sorts of lies about proposed health care reform, as well as rolling out thugs and hooligans to shout down honest debate.  That’s not even mentioning the racist and bigoted talk that also infects the dark side of health care reform opposition.

The good news is that proponents of health care are not letting themselves be bowled over by these lies, intimidation and hooliganism.

Here is  a good spot that will take on all points of the political compass (which works more like Capt. Jack Sparrow’s compass – guiding you to what you want, rather than true direction) – FactCheck.Org.  You also can find some fine non-partisan fact checking at the St. Petersburg Times PolitiFact website.

CNN’s Josh Levs has posted some links on Facebook, as well.

The White House has a website to fight the lies.  They call it Health Insurance Reform Reality Check.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has a pdf you can print out, fold up and carry with you.  Click here to download it.

So, you want to know the truth about “rationed” health care?  If you have insurance these days, you have rationed health care.

Finally, I am adding the video below as an answer to another Dark Side lie and a so-called “gotcha” video – pulled so totally out of context to make it a farcical lie (shocking, what?).

You’ll find this video and links to the unedited video here on the White House Blog.

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