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The White House has launched what it calls a Health Insurance Reform Reality Check Web site designed to combat what the administration considers misinformation about the issue. Mike Pence, R-Indiana, told "Fox News" Monday. And this government takeover of health care is just the last straw for many Americans," Rep. "These are average Americans that are concerned about this long litany of borrowing and spending and bailouts and government takeover of one industry after another. Republicans respond that the outrage is real, not manufactured. In his weekend radio address, Obama sought to dispel what he called "the outlandish rumors that reform will promote euthanasia, cut Medicaid or bring about a government takeover of health care. He and other Democratic leaders complain that Republican opponents and right-wing political commentators are spreading misinformation about the proposed legislation. Obama, just back from a North American summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, seeks to focus the discussion on specifics of Democratic proposals that have cleared committees in both the House and Senate.
A caller said that if Miller supported Obama's plan, it could cost him his life, Miller told CNN. Brad Miller of North Carolina even had a death threat phoned into his office. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, who had a town hall meeting disrupted by angry protesters earlier this month, said he had never experienced such emotion in his 15 years of holding such forums.ĭemocratic Rep. Videos of some protests circulating on the Internet show raucous crowds heckling their representatives in Congress and carrying posters with devil horns drawn on lawmakers' heads, swastikas or Obama with Adolf Hitler's mustache. Political stakes involved in an issue that will affect every American.ĭemocrats have accused opponents of health-care changes of organizing protests intended to drown out the debate, while Republicans respond the public anger is a genuine response to what they call excessive and misguided legislation. Similar meetings by congressional members in recent weeks have generated heated and sometimes disruptive debate, demonstrating the high emotions and
Related video: Obama to give facts, aide says (CNN) - President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting in New Hampshire Tuesday, placing himself at the battlefront of the push to overhaul the nation's ailing health-care system.