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Nearly 5,000 Grassroots Complaints Flood Parade Magazine after 'Astroturf' Accusation

When you claim that a grassroots group isn't a grassroots group -- beware of actual grassroots activists. That's the lesson reporter Sharon Male of Parade Magazine learned when she attacked Patients United Now, the health care project of the ...

From AMY MENEFEE, Newsbusters,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Parade Magazine

Health Care 'Stimulus'

The rhetoric about "stimulus" gets more head-spinning every day. As I note in my Galen Institute post today, folks like Heritage's Robert Book have picked up on the insanity of spending more (taxpayer) money where we're supposed to be reducing costs in ...

From AMY MENEFEE, Eye On '08,  22 Jan 2009

CJR Worries Conservative Health Care Ideas Might 'Seep' into Coverage

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From AMY MENEFEE, Newsbusters,  22 Dec 2008

Boston Globe Heralds Mass. Health Plan as Model for Nation

Is the Massachusetts attempt at universal health insurance "centrist"? That's how the Boston Globe described it December 19. Citing its "national appeal," the article noted support from Sen. Ted Kennedy, who is expected to lead the Senate effort on ...

From AMY MENEFEE, Newsbusters,  19 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Edward M. Kennedy,  U.S. Senate

Amy Menefee: The Three R's of McCain's Health Tax Credit

When one person calls something a tax hike and another calls it a tax break, they can't both be right. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has accused Republican Sen. John McCain of attempting to impose the "largest middle-class tax hike ever" on the ...

From AMY MENEFEE, Town Hall,  31 Oct 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party

That Business Health Tax? Obama 'Decided Not to Decide' How Much It Is -- Yet

The Oct. 26 New York Times took on Sen. Barack Obama's elusive health insurance mandate for employers -- the "play-or-pay" rule that would force businesses to pay a new tax if they didn't contribute a "meaningful" amount toward their workers' insurance. ...

From AMY MENEFEE, Newsbusters,  27 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Harvard University,  George Walker

Hawaii's Chilling Preview of Health Care Mandates

As the election hoopla crescendos, Hawaii is giving the rest of us a little preview of what health care mandates could do in the next presidency. Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, writes in the New York Post: "Hawaii just had a ...

From AMY MENEFEE, Eye On '08,  27 Oct 2008
Related Topics: New York Post

Guess Who's Correcting the Record on Medicare 'Cut' Scare?

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From AMY MENEFEE, Newsbusters,  22 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Joe the Plumber,  John McCain

LA Times Brings Out 'Critics' Only for McCain's Health Plan

We've all heard of them -- the nameless "critics." Journalists often use "critics say" to make sure they're including whatever criticism they deem necessary for their stories, even if that criticism isn't attributed to anyone. After listing some of ...

From AMY MENEFEE, Newsbusters,  22 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Obama Ad Watch: Claims 'McCain Will Tax Your Benefits'

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has put out three new ads in the last few days attacking Sen. John McCain's health care plan, two of which focus on the proposal of a tax credit. The Obama campaign is telling viewers McCain will tax their health benefits. ...

From AMY MENEFEE, Newsbusters,  3 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Joe Biden

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