{"id":1194,"date":"2009-09-20T18:10:46","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T18:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2009-09-20T18:10:46","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T18:10:46","slug":"beware_of_the_healthcare_spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1194","title":{"rendered":"Beware Of The Healthcare Spin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times<\/a> reported yesterday on a plan by groups supporting the President’s healthcare proposals to hold a series of tightly scripted events on Tuesday.  The groups have called for an “escalation” of efforts against “enemies” of reform.  The groups involved include Health Care for America Now (HCAN), which is backed by a coalition of
\nlabor unions and liberal groups including ACORN and MoveOn.org.  The group organized the protests to target insurance companies and drafted the plan, which
\ndescribes the demonstrations as part of its “insurance enemies
\nproject.”<\/p>\n

According to the article:<\/p>\n

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\n“The HCAN field plan dictates that each protest will include a minimum
\nof 30 participants, target only health care insurers CIGNA, WellPoint
\nand United Health Care and showcase what it calls “victims,” or people
\nwho have either lost insurance, can’t afford it or were denied coverage
\nbecause of pre-existing medical conditions.
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“”We built a campaign to win health care reform and that is
\nexactly what we are working on,” said HCAN national spokeswoman Jacki
\nSchechner, who authenticated the documents. But she asserted: “There is
\nnothing top-down about this.””<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Healthcare legislation is important and will affect every American.  It deserves an honest debate.  To orchestrate this sort of theatrics to attack honest dissent does voters a disservice and stifles honest debate.  To characterize people who question or oppose the current legislation as ‘enemies’ is simply unfair.  Hopefully voters will ask their own questions and not be swayed by these productions.<\/p>\n


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