The far right-wing rhetoric about Health Care Reform has become so comical it is hard for me to believe that any rational thinking person could possibly take it seriously. But, apparently, there are those who do! I feel rather silly wasting my time writing about this and wasting your time as you read it, but there seems to be an element of our society that causes the bell curve that charts intelligence to dip far below its regular curvature.
Newsweek magazine has finally heard enough of this nonsense and published an article about the "The Five Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate" ( http://www.newsweek.com/id/214254/page/1).
When I first saw this, I laughed at the cleaver title and thought it was a piece of satire. But when I read the supporting evidence, I realized it wasn't a joke and there were people who actually DO believe these silly notions.
If you don't want to read the entire article (which isn't very long), here are the five absurd concepts that apparently have some believers from somewhere out there.....and I do mean "OUT THERE":
1. You will have no choice in what health benefits you receive.
2. No chemo for older people.
3. Illegal immigrants will get free health care.
4. Death panels will decide who lives.
5. The government will set doctor's wages.
The article also explains there is nothing anywhere in the proposed bill to give the government access to our bank accounts, despite what the hysterical screamers at the Town Hall Meetings would hope to have you believe.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE........if you know anyone who believes any of the five statements above, do us all a favor and try to get them some professional help. If you aren't comfortable with that, spend a few bucks and buy them a copy of Newsweek.
