So you do not think that some people will be swayed by lies? Both sides have used them in this whole debate, and I think it is safe to say that the last nearly a year has been all about trying to gain support for or against health care reform.
If they have been swayed, which is mere supposition on your part, it's been because the Democrats failed miserably in presenting their plan to the public. Recall Pelosi stating that we'd have to vote for it before knowing what was in it and that we'd love it once it was enacted. Recall the backroom dealing, corporate and union bribes, etc. that perverted this process and kept it behind closed doors.
One side was responsible for a public debate and despite repeated year long promises of transparency, public debate, and C-Span instead chose secret negotiations with pharma, insurers, unions...everyone except the Republicans. And when Obama did choose to include the GOP it was a made-for-tv stunt where the only intention was to talk to the GOP and lecture us commoners yet once more.
In this context, I can understand why people were slinging inaccurate information. I can even excuse most righties for doing it. But the Democrats cannot be excused. They failed in their duty, their promises, and in doing so did us all a disservice by hiding this bill behind closed doors.
Why do you think death panel ever became an issue? Because Obama's top guy, Tom Daschle, spoke of the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research, included in the stimulus bill, as a tool for government to control the costs of care. He did this as priased Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence that performs cost-benefit analysis to help determine what sorts of treatment the government will pay for, and for whom. NICE does, in fact, determine how much the government will spend to save a citizen's life...it's 15,000 pounds or $22,000. In that context, when Obama proposes the Independent Medicare Advisory Committee forn inclusionn in Obamacare and proposes that individuals receiving government-subsidized health insurance coverage should receive end-of-life counseling, what is so alarming about calling out the obvious?
perhaps "death panel" was hyperbolic, but you people on the left wouldn't address the concern in any way. You attacked Palin as you did during the election. Which is typical. Take note that conservatives who oppose Obamacare are racists.
