Obama Addresses Health Care Rumors

Obama Continues Health Care Platform

August 14. 2009

President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama, has been battling various rumors, regarding his health care plans for the nation, attempting to combat what the White House is referring to as misinformation, spread by fear-mongering Republicans, trying to torpedo his initiatives.

Obama made reference to alleged "death panels" Republican politician and former Alaska governor, Sarah Palin, stated is apart of the President's national health plans. It is an allegation the President strongly denies.

Obama to Take On Health-Care Critics

...Obama heads to Montana on Friday and Colorado on Saturday for town hall meetings even as his allies are stepping up their efforts to rebut what they describe as "myths" about health-care reform...

Facing questions about whether public support for the health overhaul initiative is sagging, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that the problem was rooted in misconceptions spread by political opponents.

"Have some of those misconceptions contributed to the poll numbers? I don't doubt that," Gibbs said. "But at the same time, I mean, there's a little cause and effect here, but we're not going to stop pushing back on the misconceptions, whether or not the polling shows one thing or another. The president, again, strongly believes that, and has for years, that it's better to address what people's concerns are and take them on head-on."

One of the most inflammatory charges has been that Obama and Democrats were seeking to implement "death panels," with bureaucrats making decisions about whether elderly or seriously ill patients live or die. The allegation stems in part from a provision in a bill passed by three House committees that would provide Medicare reimbursement to patients seeking end-of-life counseling. On Thursday, lawmakers working on the Senate version said that provision had been dropped from their proposal...

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