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What are the top 5 lies about Obama's Health Care Reform?

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Marked as Best! September 01, 2009 07:54 PM
The below is an excerpt from LiveScience

Among the results on items the White House considers myths:

67 percent of respondents believe that wait times for health care services, such as surgery, will increase (91 percent of Republicans, 37 percent of Democrats, 72 percent of Independents).

About five out of 10 believe the federal government will become directly involved in making personal health care decisions (80 percent of Republicans, 25 percent of Democrats, 56 percent of Independents).

Roughly six out of 10 Americans believe taxpayers will be required to pay for abortions (78 percent of Republicans, 30 percent of Democrats, 58 percent of Independents)

46 percent believe reforms will result in health care coverage for all illegal immigrants (66 percent of Republicans, 29 percent of Democrats, 43 percent of Independents).

54 percent believe the public option will increase premiums for Americans with private health insurance (78 percent of Republicans, 28 percent of Democrats, 58 percent of Independents).

Five out of 10 think cuts will be made to Medicare in order to cover more Americans (66 percent of Republicans, 37 percent of Democrats, 44 percent of Independents).

Here you go, from LiveScience and the White House . . .
(I know this is a politically charged topic so please don't shoot the messenger) ^_^
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http://www.livescience.com/environment/090824-healthcare-myths.html
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srgothard
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September 04, 2009 12:57 PM
  1. That America does not currently have universal health care. In America, emergency rooms are required to stabilize anyone who comes in, even if he is an illegal immigrant with no money. Additionally, (having had expensive surgeries and poor insurance,) doctors treat first and bill second. There is universal health care, just not universal health insurance.
  2. That health care reform will reduce costs. I have trouble thinking
    that anyone believes that 47 million uninsured will be insured by the
    public for cheaper than leaving them uninsured. In education, if you
    want the best, you spend more. But for health care, government will
    improve it by cutting costs? How is that even possible? Some will say
    "preventative care," but preventative care allows people to live
    longer, healthier lives (which I'm a big fan of) that will still one
    day end in death. All the money in the world can't stop death.
  3. That the problem with health insurance is ramp free market. In
    fact, the problem with health insurance is government bureaucracy.
    Think of all the choices in life and care insurance. Bureaucracy has
    stifled competition, leaving many of us stuck with lousy insurance
    companies with no competition. The way to make these lousy insurance
    companies go away or improve is to force them to compete with the open,
    free market. Also,the reason health insurance is refused to some is
    that health insurance companies can't charge more for high risk, and
    the only way to control costs is to limit whom they cover. (And of
    course, refusing coverage does not mean that treatment will be refused.)
  4. That the plan will not lead to rationing. Name one thing that isn't
    limitless that is not rationed. Currently, health care is rationed by
    cost. If my 91-year-old grandma fell into bad health and would last 3
    more months with a $1 million procedure, we would all agree that it was
    time for her to go. If the procedure was free to us (because public
    insurance would pay for it), we would say, "go for it!" Then the
    bureaucrats would have to step in and make the decision for us. That's
    called "rationing."
  5. That under the plan, you can choose your own insurance and doctor. The plan has a provision allowing existing plans to be grandfathered in, but once the bill passes and the grace period ends, no new plans can be made, and you cannot change plans. (Factcheck.org)
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philipy
philipy
September 04, 2009 03:50 PM
ER's are not the totality of healthcare.

In fact they're a darn expensive way to treat things that could have been treated at much lower cost and with much less suffering to the patient if caught and treated earlier.

I don't think you are interested in objective analysis, only in digging up stuff to prove yourself right.
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srgothard
srgothard
September 04, 2009 04:57 PM
Insurance has never forbidden my getting treatment, nor does it have the power. Insurance can only refuse to pay, not prevent care. National health care systems, however can and do ration care.

I am interested in maintaining good health care in America, especially since I have chronic illnesses and have had 2 major surgeries before the age of 30. I want to be the one to choose my health care even if it costs a lot, but if it's "free," it will have the quality of all other "free" things: cafeteria food, education, and the post office.
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