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Myths, Lies and Stupidity About Health Care

by Ben Shapiro

President Barack Obama's health care plan, we are told, will spend $1 trillion over the next 10 years. But since trillion is the new billion, Americans aren't supposed to worry about that.

Obama's health care plan will cause employers to stop providing private health insurance for millions of employees and instead shift employees to public care. But Obama says that government is the best arbiter of your health, so Americans aren't supposed to worry about that.

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Posted by: Pericles
Comment: #1
Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:18 AM

From the article: "Why these exponentially higher costs? Because of increased government involvement in the health care system." Based on that statement it's obvious that Mr. Shapiro doesn't have a clue about what drives healthcare costs. Dishonesty and idiocy are what most right-wingers bring to discussions on healthcare. The profit motive associated with fee-for-service healthcare has been shown to drive up costs. Mr. Shapiro and his right-wing ilk are far too dishonest to aknowledge empirical truth aboiut healthcare. Mr. Shapiro and his right-wing ilk are harming our great nation by insisting on bringing dishonesty and stupidity into all political discourse.

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