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The site Ben provides below is the best thing I've seen so far. Ratings of "half-truths" to "pants on fire lies" with their sources are provided. Much easier than going through the bill. thanks Ben Ray Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] From: Ben Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:52 PM To: ROBERT WHEELER Cc: Gerald Summers ; Dan Matrisciano ; Dick and Garnet Sherman ; EMIL KREH ; Gene Vitamanti ; Jack Lenzo ; Ken Ray ; Lin Senk ; Mark Brosius ; Michael Valentine ; Mike Mcginnis ; Rayilyn Brown ; Sheila Kurexzynski ; Steve Jantzen ; Wayne Orlicki ; Ron Smith Subject: Where to find the truth about Health Care Act After spending literally hours going through the claims in this (shorter version of a much longer) email and comparing the claims of the author with the text of the bill, I stumble across this web site that has a point-by-point response with proper references and excellent explanations for the measures described in the bill, like the Healthcare Insurance Exchange program. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/subjects/health/ It was a good exercise anyway, as it forced me to reconcile the authors claims with the text actual text of the bill. But I sure could have saved myself a lot of time if I had found this two days ago, though. Enjoy BL On Aug 11, 2009, at 7:39 PM, ROBERT WHEELER wrote: PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN). Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating a Healthcare Exchange to bring private healthcare plans under Govt control. PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private Healthcare plans in the Exchange PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specifics for Benefit Levels of Plans = The Government rations Healthcare based on cost benefits to government. PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Govt mandates linguistic appropriation services or translation services for20illegal aliens. Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups like ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt Healthcare plan PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specifics of Benefit Levels for Plans. #AARP members - your Health care WILL be rationed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn