Myths and falsehoods about health care reform | Media Matters for America

Myths and falsehoods about health care reform | Media Matters for America

MYTH 1: There is no health care crisis

MYTH 2: Health care reform will impose rationing

MYTH 3: Health care reform provides for euthanasia, "death panel"

MYTH 4: Health care reform legislation will cover undocumented immigrants

MYTH 5: Health care reform will raise your taxes

MYTH 6: Health care reform would tax all small businesses

MYTH 7: Health care reform would add $1 trillion-plus to deficit

MYTH 8: House bill would ban private individual insurance

MYTH 9: Obama said he didn't read House bill

MYTH 10: Co-ops are an adequate substitute for a public option

MYTH 11: Obama is pushing a system like the U.K. and Canada

MYTH 12: Obama, Dems pushing "socialized medicine"

MYTH 13: Prominent opponents of health care reform are credible

MYTH 14: Government can't run a health care program