10 Awesome Things That Would Happen If Health Reform Passes

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Posted on August 14, 2009, Printed on August 14, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/141916/

Unable to win the debate on the merits of their arguments, opponents of health care reform have resorted to a dizzying array of outright falsehoods to terrify Americans into opposing a process that might deliver real benefits to their families.

They've falsely claimed that the government would "take over" the health system, put private insurers out of business and let pasty bureaucrats decide what treatment Americans would receive.