The White House has launched a new Web site to debunk some of the crazier ideas floating around about healthcare reform, Health Insurance Reform Reality Check. From the e-mail annoucing it:
Dear Friend,
Anyone that's watched the news in the past few days knows that health insurance reform is a hot topic — and that rumors and scare tactics have only increased as more people engage with the issue. Given a lot of the outrageous claims floating around, it’s time to make sure everyone knows the facts about the security and stability you get with health insurance reform.
That’s why we’ve launched a new online resource — WhiteHouse.gov/RealityCheck — to help you separate fact from fiction and share the truth about health insurance reform. Here's a few of the reality check videos you can find on the site:
There's more information and a number of online tools you can use to spread the truth among your family, friends and other social networks. Take a look:
Health Insurance Reform Reality Check
Combatting crazy with facts is an impossible task. The vocal minority of birthers, deathers, and teabaggers--collectively the screaming right-wing performance artists--don't give a shit about facts. But that they've actually been able to change the subject to euthanasia and rationing shows just how gullible, or uninterested in reality, the public and the punditry (I'm looking at you, Tweety) is. This site will be helpful for all the other people out there trying to figure out what's really in this for them.