Republicans Propagating Falsehoods in Attacks on Health-Care Reform

As a columnist who regularly dishes out sharp criticism, I try not to question the motives of people with whom I don’t agree. Today, I’m going to step over that line. Full Story »

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Oliver Jones
4.4
by Oliver Jones - Aug. 8, 2009

In this opinion piece, Pearlstein loses his cool over the baloney being thrown around by opponents of health care reform. But in the midst of that he clearly explains the insurance exchange and some of the financing numbers.

Every time a politician rails against socialized medicine, I wish they could waive Medicare benefits for themselves and their families. Every time a politician says that health care will be rationed, I wish he (they're almost all male) would be forced to spend a day on the units explaining the Medicare Three Midnight Rule to irate families of hospital patients.

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