Health Care Misinformation

The White House is concerned about misinformation being spread by bad people concerning the health care reform being touted by Generalissimo Obama. So concerned are they that they have generated an email account so that the populace can report the spread of misinformation to Mr. Obama himself.

Click on this sentence to get it straight from the horse's mouth.

Don't want to go there? Here's one of the pertinent quotations:

"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."

For the record, that "misinformation is coming from people who actually have read the bill that is being considered by the House of Representatives right now. It is the House bill which would specifically enable the government to go straight into an individual's bank account to collect funds for services rendered. It is the House bill which recommends regular end-of-life counseling between a patient and the government doctor, a practice which could easily, easily be abused as recent news items have established.

(I plan to blog something about that this evening.)

Also, in that post on the White House blog, the White House again repreats the lie that . . .

"For the record, the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them."

That is a lie and anyone with any sense knows it. While it is true that there is nothing directly in the bill to take anyone's private insurance away from them, it is also true that as soon as employers have the ability to reduce their insurance costs by dumping their employees onto the government option, many of them will do so. Nothing in the bill protects consumers from this, therefore the statement is a lie, intended to deceive.

But, that's beside the point of this post.

Just think about what the White House has done here, especially in the light of my last two posts. Are we really to spy on our neighbors, turn in our friends, point the finger at people who have differing political opinions from the current administration? Are we to turn them in to the government?

Perhaps someone might object that this is not the intent, rather that the intent is for the White House to gather arguments and misinformation opposing the plan so that they may effectively defeat those arguments and misinformation?

Do you really believe that given these guys' record?

And, if so, why would they do it this way? Don't they know they are pouring blood into the water?