Comment 6 for bug 224486

To all my freinds - if you live in America, you need to learn what's going
on, and get involved. (Those of you outside of America, well, you're stuck
with this email, lol) After you learn what's being debated, I hope that
you'll contact your senators and congressmen, and tell them what you think.
Get involved, folks!! Below, you'll find the email I received from the
White House this morning. Visit the links, and figure out for yourself who
is blowing smoke, and who is not. No, I'm not going to tell you what to
think - there are FAR TO MANY people trying to tell us all what we should
think.

Enjoy!

Runaway

  [image: The White House, Washington]

Dear Friend,

Anyone that's watched the news in the past few days knows that health
insurance reform is a hot topic — and that rumors and scare tactics have
only increased as more people engage with the issue. Given a lot of the
outrageous claims floating around, it’s time to make sure everyone knows the
facts about the security and stability you get with health insurance reform.

That’s why we’ve launched a new online resource —
WhiteHouse.gov/RealityCheck<http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/?e=10&ref=text>—
to help you separate fact from fiction and share the truth about
health
insurance reform. Here's a few of the reality check videos you can find on
the site:

   - CEA Chair Christina Romer details how health insurance reform will
   impact small
businesses<http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/21/?e=10&ref=text3>.

   - Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes tackles a nasty rumor
   about euthanasia<http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/7/?e=10&ref=text4>and
clearly describes how reform helps families.
   - Matt Flavin, the White House's Director of Veterans and Wounded Warrior
   Policy, clears the air about Veteran's
benefits<http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/6/?e=10&ref=text5>.

   - Kavita Patel, M.D., a doctor serving in the White House's Office of
   Public Engagement, explains that health care rationing is happening right
   now and how reform gives control back to patients and
doctors<http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/4/?e=10&ref=text6>.

   - Bob Kocher, M.D., a doctor serving on the National Economic Council,
   debunks the myth that health insurance reform will be financed by cutting
   Medicare benefits<http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/31/?e=10&ref=text7>.

There's more information and a number of online tools you can use to spread
the truth among your family, friends and other social networks. Take a look:

[image: Health Insurance Reform Reality
Check]<http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/?e=10&ref=image>

We knew going into this effort that accomplishing comprehensive health
insurance reform wasn't going to be easy. Achieving real change never is.
The entrenched interests that benefit from the status quo always use their
influence in Washington to try and keep things just as they are.

But don't be misled. We know the status quo is unsustainable. If we do
nothing, millions more Americans will be denied insurance because of
pre-existing conditions, or see their coverage suddenly dropped if they
become seriously ill. Out-of-pocket expenses will continue to soar, and more
and more families and businesses will be forced to deal with health
insurance costs they can’t afford.

That's the reality.

Americans deserve better. You deserve a health care system that works as
well for you as it does for the status quo; one you can depend on — that
won't deny you coverage when you need it most or charge you crippling
out-of-pocket co-pays. Health insurance reform means guaranteeing the health
care security and stability you deserve.

President Barack Obama promised he'd bring change to Washington and fix our
broken, unsustainable health insurance system. You can help deliver that
change. Visit WhiteHouse.gov/RealityCheck, get the facts and spread the
truth. <http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/?e=10&ref=text2> The stakes
are just too high to do nothing.

Thank you,
David

David Axelrod
Senior Advisor to the President

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