Every now and then one needs to take the time to separate the BS from the beeswax:
Lie: Democrats are jamming through a government takeover of healthcare that would slash Medicare benefits.
Truth: Health insurance reform as proposed takes over nothing. Savings in Medicare will make it stronger without cutting benefits.
Lie: Health care legislation is stuffed with sweetheart deals for lawmakers.
Truth: The President's plan has removed any special deals from the legislation.
Lie: The Republican health care plan is good.
Truth: Republican alternative allows insurers to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions and to drop coverage for people who get sick. More people would be left uninsured by 2019. Democratic plan reduces more deficit than Republican plan.
Lie: Reconciliation is controversial.
Truth: Virtually all past health care legislation in the past 30 years has been passed by reconciliation, SCHIP, Medicare, etc. Republicans have used reconciliation 3 times as much as Democrats. Of the 22 times it has been used, Republicans used it 16 times. Reconciliation votes have almost alway been highly partisan. Republican reconciliation wins include $1.8 trillion in Bush tax cuts. (Health care reform will cost $950 billion over 10 years.) McConnell, Craig, Grassley, McCain, and Cornyn praised reconciliation when it was used for Republican legislation.
If we don't do everything in our power to challenge the lies we can share the blame for what we get. So keep spreading the word.
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