Conservative pollster Frank Luntz recently provided right wingers on Capitol Hill a secret 28-page memo entitled The Language of Healthcare 2009—which has leaked! The memo was intended to offer a message framing strategy to defeat President Obama’s plan to provide health care for all. But the document is more useful to progressives than conservatives. Full Story »
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Because this article promotes the continued politicization of the healthcare issue, the perspective it offers is of only limited usefulness. No where, for example, does the article allude to the fact that government-sponsored healthcare need not interfere with patient choice and timely access--witness the French and Japanese sytems, which do neither. Nor does the article address the legitimate right-wing complaint that SOME national healthcare systems (the English and Canadian ... More »
I find it shocking that ideologues--both on the left and the right--have seized control of this issue and care only that THEIR side prevails. No ... More »
Presents one side from their documentation and gives the opposing response. Insightful discussion of the opposition to the Obama health plan.
As a trained family physician, I continue to be very concerned about both the lack of ability to pay for health care/health insurance and the lack ... More »
The piece provides a reasonable tour of the republican talking point memo, and a link to the original text.
CAF is a progressive liberal organization that propagandizes from the LEFTagainst the propagandizing from the RIGHT. Key word is "propaganda" which, although perhaps containing some modicum of fact cannot be trusted from either extreme.
Anyone reading the few disparaging comments about this article should simply take the time to click the link and read "the entire memo." I believe ... More »
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