HEALTH CARE REFORM: THE RUNDOWN

A lot of people are confused about the Democrats' plan for health care reform.

The health insurance companies get paid a lot to charge us a grip for health care. They have the hospitals in a death grip. The current system for health care in America is one of the largest contributors to our national debt.

President Obama's plan for universal health care won't affect those who already have health insurance, but it will give those who cannot afford insurance the choice of a public option. The idea is to add more competition to the market so that more Americans can enjoy quality health care and a much higher life expectancy no matter how much money they have. The health insurance industry knows that the competition will force them to lower prices in order to keep patients from switching over to the public option for free. So to prevent that, they paid politicians on both sides of the aisle (mainly Republicans, plus enough Democrats to make a legitimate filibuster) to make up stories about how the public option is a "government takeover of health care" or "Socialism" (although it's free market competition - the AMERICAN CAPITALIST way) and how it'll create "death panels" to "pull the plug on your grandma". Now the politicians want to alter the public option into a version that benefits the insurance companies more than us the people. In fact, if the Republicans and the moderate Democrats (aka "Blue Dogs") get their way, they'll make health insurance just like auto insurance. We'll be required to pay even higher prices for health insurance or face legal penalties, including jail. Long story short, instead of universal health care, we'll get a situation EVEN MORE fucked up than this current one.

KNOW THE TRUTH. TELL YOUR CONGRESSMAN THAT YOU WANT A PUBLIC OPTION.

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