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Edited on Tue Aug-25-09 02:49 PM by BlueIdaho
We seem to be spending all our time trying to refute the outrageous claims made by the astroturfers and their political allies. I think this is a big mistake as it only gives them added legitimacy and swallows up all the oxygen in the debate. Worse yet - we can cite sources till we're blue in the face and they will keep spouting lies and making shit up. They don't care about the truth - they only care about winning. I say its time for a different tactic.
In boxing they teach you not to just follow the other guy around the ring - they teach you to cut him off to stop his plodding tactic. Its time to stop following the republicans around the ring. Its time cut them off and force them to talk about the real problems in our OUR health care system - rapidly raising costs, insane deductibles, declined procedures, and the impact of the uninsured on all our care costs and the real risks they pose to the public health. They don't want to discuss this stuff because they have NO SOLUTIONS! They just want to keep scaring the hell out of segment of the population that is most likely to phone, write, or show up to confront a congress member.
Its time to remind people just what a mess American health care is - how many pay raises they've missed because the dollars were swallowed up by increased premiums - how much more they are paying out of pocket - and how many people are being forced into a medical bankruptcy. Don't let these liars try to change the subject to Canadian of UK health care problems. NO ONE is proposing we copy those models exactly and there are plenty of US insurance nightmares to talk about!
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