Hannity cites rationing in U.K. to attack public option -- but U.S. insurance companies already ration care

On his Fox News show, Sean Hannity attacked the public option by stating that "[e]verywhere socialized medicine has been tried it's failed. It ends up in rationing," and pointing to women with breast cancer in Great Britain who are denied drugs by "the government rationing body." But Hannity's attack that "the government option" would introduce rationing for "women with breast cancer" is undermined by the fact that private insurance companies in the United ... Full Story »

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Jo Bobenhouse Smith
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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct. 8, 2009

Personal health care stories are used to refute Hannity's incindiary claims.

As to syle of this article, I like to see more statistical facts to shore up the personal stories used to refute Hannity.

Insurance companies ration care by rescinding coverage. As former senior executive at CIGNA health insurance company Wendell Potter explained in June 24 Senate testimony, insurance companies restrict or deny coverage by rescinding health insurance policies on the grounds that people had undisclosed pre-existing conditions

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