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 »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
The dental tangent is interesting, since medicare does not cover dental, and I have not heard whether the health care bill explicitly includes dental and vision care.