Healthcare tidbits

10 awesome things that would happen if health care reform passes

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So a lot of ordinary folk are very happy with the status quo of the state of healthcare in America. Some of them are extremely vocal. And a whole lot of them are simply being paid to do it, instead of actually believing in what they're lobbying for.
rawstory.com

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Ronald Reagan, GOP Hero: Medicare is socialized medicine and must be destroyed.
GOP 2009, to seniors: Oh, no! Obama's going to cut your Medicare!
Wall Street Journal

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Palin (heh, I can already hear you laughing) issued a Proclamation encouraging advance directive planning in April 2008 - the very thing she now refers to as 'Death Panel'
gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=1094&type=6

"The party also vowed to oppose any Democratic effort to ration care or to insert the government between seniors and their doctors."
Sounds nice and all, but the actual truth is that they fully support the continuation of current efforts to ration care by CEOs and actuaries of the biggest insurance companies who put profit first.

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One of the Republican talking points. Don't just lie about what healthcare reform entails, attack Obama for taking a vacation. That's right, it's OK for Bush to spend 40% of his presidency on vacation, but Obama is not allowed to take a single one.
politico.com
(how many lies and misrepresentations can YOU find in this propaganda ad?)

The GOPpers have no shame...