Obama wants to kill your grandma

Turning America socialist apparently wasn't enough for him -- now President Obama is trying to make old people kill themselves, callously deny important medical procedures, funnel tax dollars to abortion clinics and wiggle the government's way into every doctor's office in America. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Terry Gamble - Aug 6, 2009 - 5:46 AM PDT
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3.9
by Fabrice Florin - Aug. 7, 2009

Factual analysis debunking five health care myths promoted by opponents of President Obama's health care reform plans. This article is informative and well-sourced, providing an effective rebuttal to misguided claims and false rumors about this important issue.

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by Kaizar Campwala - Aug. 7, 2009

A recommended read. This piece examines the myths used by the right to scare voters into opposing health care reform. Well-sourced with solid examples. I wouldn't call it even-handed, but it is informative and important.

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by Terry Gamble - Aug. 6, 2009

Basically a myth-debunker with good links to sources and citations. Given the current hype in the healthcare debate, the article takes a sane look at some of the media-spread distortions.

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by Glenn LaBauve - Aug. 9, 2009
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by Jack Powers - Aug. 12, 2009

Exposes the tenuous or nonexistent basis for several criticisms of health care reform.

Even though I'm not a grandparent, I'm not worried about Obama's health plan killing me.

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by Gordon Oliver - Aug. 7, 2009

I _love_ "Keep government out of my medicare".

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by Stan Goldstein - Aug. 8, 2009

We need more coverage like this.

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    (Graphic) "Under the Obama plan . . . all the health care in this country is eventually going to be run by the government."
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