Health Insurance Reform Reality Check

editor — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:31:34 +0000

The White House officially launched the Health Insurance Reform Reality Check web site to battle the supposed Health Care ‘Rumors’. The Reality Check web site is designed the same way that Fight the Smears website was during President Obama’s candidacy for election. The objective of Health Insurance Reform Reality Check is to fight off white the White House is characterizing as “wild rumors” and other “myths” about the impending health care reform. The web design uses a solid Social Media platform in hopes of connecting with younger users and those akin to using social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. “We’re offering the site and tools to empower individuals across the country to take this content into their own hands and share it among their networks,” a senior administration official said.

The Health Insurance Reform Reality Check website uses video clips to help state their case:

View Valerie Jarrett disputing the claim that health care reform will lead to “rationing.”

View Melody Barnes, director of the Domestic Policy Council, disputing what the White House calls a “malicious myth” — the idea that reform would lead to euthanasia for seniors.

View Matt Flavin, Director of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy, explains that nothing in health insurance reform will affect veterans’ access to the care they get now.

View Christina Romer, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, debunks the myth that health insurance reform will hurt small businesses.

The website also offers tools to share and email these video’s – check it out here.

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Health Insurance Reform Reality Check