Health Care Reform in 60 Seconds or Less, or “Was That a Swift Boat I Just Saw Carrying Away Meaningful Reform?”

USA Today has run an interesting article about recent advertising efforts regarding Health Care Reform. USA Today reports that Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
3.4
by Derek Hawkins - Jun. 29, 2009

Condemns political ads on health care reform for oversimplifying an incredibly complex issue. An appropriate, if brief, call to attention.

Ultimately, the devil is in the details. The Big Print giveth and the small print taketh away. The obscure clauses in the depths of the amendments are as likely as not to make big differences in the reality of reform. The ads we will be seeing most assuredly will not provide details–they will be Big Print–”opening statements”–more likely to obfuscate than educate.

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