Health care reform: A summary of recent distortions
The debate over health care reform has been defined by exaggerations and falsehoods. Republicans have falsely labeled the Democratic plan "government-run health care" and warned of death panels for the elderly and taxpayer subsidies for illegal immigrants. Democrats, meanwhile, have exaggerated the savings of their plan and made false claims about their favorite villains, the insurance companies. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via St. Petersburg Times
The arguments to discredit that "preventative care saves money" seem shallow. The cost accounting seems not to count the cost of an early loss of a life, because that is not a monetary cost out of tax dollars. It is a cost to society.