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Aug 13, 2009

This came to me via old missionary pals and the daughter of the missionary doctor who cared for me when I was a child in Africa. He has been working for health reforms for many decades~   Kathleen 
Dear friends and family,
 
> Please forgive
> me for sending a mass mailing. It's been a long
> time since I have sent out
> a political e-mail, but this issue is just too
> important.
>
> We now
> have the best chance we've had in a generation to bring
> sanity and compassion to
> our system of paying for health care-- to bring insurance
> coverage to those who
> need it, to end the unfair practices of the health
> insurance companies, and to
> control costs. But those who stand to lose from these
> reforms, the
> companies that are getting rich off the status quo, are
> fighting hard to ruin
> our chances...by spreading the following lies about
> it.
> 
> Most
> of you already know these are lies, but you may know people
> who have been duped
> by the moneyed interests who have been masquerading as a
> grass-roots
> movement. So please either talk to them or forward
> this message to
> them.
> 
> People
> in our country are dying every day for lack of health
> care! America, we
> can do better than that! We must not delay!
>
> Lois
 
>   Top Five Health Care Reform Lies­and How to
> Fight Back
>  
>
> Lie #1: President Obama wants to euthanize your
>   grandma!!!
>
> The truth: These accusations­of "death
> panels" and
>   forced euthanasia­are, 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
>
> 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 option­a
> nationwide plan with a
>   broad network of providers­that 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.
>
> 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
> covered­that is
>   rationed care. And a big part of reform is to stop that.
>
>
> Health care
>   reform will do away with some of the most nefarious
> aspects of this rationing:
>   discrimination for pre-existing conditions, insurers that
> cancel coverage when
>   you get sick, gender discrimination, and lifetime and
> yearly limits on
>   coverage.9 And outside of that, as noted
> above, reform will
>   increase insurance options, not force anyone into a
> rationed situation.
>  
>
> Lie #4: Obama is secretly plotting to cut senior
> citizens' Medicare
>   benefits!!!
>
> The truth: Health care reform plans will not reduce
>   Medicare benefits.10 Reform includes savings
> from Medicare that are
>   unrelated to patient care­in fact, the savings comes
> from cutting billions
>   of dollars in overpayments to insurance companies and
> eliminating waste,
>   fraud, and abuse.11
>
> Lie #5: Obama's health care plan will
>   bankrupt America!!!
>
> The truth: We need health care reform now in order
>   to prevent bankruptcy­to control spiraling costs that
> affect individuals,
>   families, small businesses, and the American economy.
>
> Right now, we
>   spend more than $2 trillion dollars a year on health
> care.12 The
>   average family premium is projected to rise to over
> $22,000 in the next
>   decade13­and each year, nearly a million
> people face bankruptcy
>   because of medical expenses.14 Reform, with an
> affordable,
>   high-quality public option that can spur competition, is
> necessary to bring
>   down skyrocketing costs. Also, President Obama's
> reform plans would be fully
>   paid for over 10 years and not add a penny to the
>   deficit.15
We're closer to real health care reform than we've ever been­and the next few weeks will decide whether it happens. We need to make sure the truth about health care reform is spread far and wide to combat right wing lies.
 
Can you forward this email to your friends today? And remember, also post it on Facebook by clicking
here: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51746. And on Twitter, by retweeting: @MoveOn Check out the Top 5 Health Care Lies­and How to Fight Back. http://bit.ly/Bncs5
Thanks for all you do!!!
P.S. Want more? Check out this great new White House
"Reality Check" website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/
Or, this excellent piece from Health Care for America Now
on some of the most outrageous lies: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51729&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=1
 
Sources:
1. "More 'Town Halls Gone Wild': Angry Far Right Protesters Disrupt Events With 'Incomprehensible' Yelling," Think Progress, August 4, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51733&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=2
2. "Fight the smears," Health Care for America NOW, accessed August 10, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51729&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=3
3. "Palin Paints Picture of 'Obama Death Panel' Giving Thumbs Down to Trig," ABC News, August 7, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51728&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=4
4. "No 'death panel' in health care bill," The Associated Press, August 10, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51747&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=5
 
5. "Stop Distorting the Truth about End of Life Care," The Huffington Post, July 24, 2009. 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51730&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=6
 
6. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed  August 11, 2009. 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#i1
7. "Why We Need a Public Health-Care Plan," The Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51737&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=7
 
8. "Obama: 'If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor,'" The Wall Street Journal, 15, 2009. 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51736&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=8
 
9. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed  August 10, 2009.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#r1
 
10. "Obama: No reduced Medicare benefits in health care
reform," CNN, July 28,  2009. 
11. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed August 10, 2009.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#s1
 
12. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed August 10, 2009. 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#c1
 
13. "Premiums Run Amok," Center for American Progress, July 24, 2009. 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51667&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=10

14. "Medical bills prompt more than 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies," CNN, June 5, 2009. 
 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51735&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=11
 
15. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed August 10, 2009. 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#c1
 
Sources for the Five Lies:
#1: "A euthanasia mandate," The Washington Times, July 29, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51732&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=12
 #2: "It's Not An Option," Investor's Business Daily, July 15, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51743&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=13
#3: "Rationing Health Care," The Washington Times, April 21, 2009. 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51742&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=14
#4: "60 Plus Ad Is Chock Full Of Misinformation," Media Matters for America, August 8, 2009. 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51734&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=15
 #5: "Obama's 'Public' Health Plan Will Bankrupt the Nation," The National Review, May 13, 2009. 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51744&id=16789-1426814-7gEHEBx&t=16
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