Enough is enough.

It seems like a new lie about health insurance reform crops up each day. These lies create fear and anger – and we're seeing the results around the country.

It's time to work together to set the record straight and expose the special interests and partisan attack groups who deliberately spread these rumors and lies in a desperate attempt to preserve the status quo.

Former Governor Sarah Palin's Outrageous "Death Panel" Comments

Former Governor Sarah Palin falsely claimed that under proposed health reform legislation, a "death panel" of bureaucrats would "decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether [patients] are worthy of health care." The truth is, there's no such panel mentioned anywhere in the bill.

False Republican Attacks on Health Insurance Reform

In an attempt to stall or even derail health insurance reform, many Republican officials have continually made false and outlandish claims that distort the truth about the reforms that are actually being proposed.

Special Interest Groups' Misinformation Campaign

Special interest groups continue to rely on scare tactics and mistruths to create confusion and distort the debate. In many cases, they’ve attacked provisions that don’t even appear in any of the health-care measures under consideration.

Viral Chain Emails Filled with Blatantly False Claims

Many people have received anti-health-reform chain emails filled with blatantly false claims.

Staged Disruptions Organized by Right-Wing Groups

These disruptions are being organized and funded by special interest groups who are trying desperately to preserve the status quo. One of the groups behind these disruptions – Conservatives for Patients' Rights – is being helped by some of the same people behind the notorious 'Swift Boat' ads of 2004.

Republicans propagating falsehoods in attacks on health-care reform

“... there is no credible way to look at what has been proposed by the president or any congressional committee and conclude that these will result in a government takeover of the health-care system. That is a flat-out lie whose only purpose is to scare the public and stop political conversation.” [Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post, 8/7/09]

Lobbyists spend millions to influence health care

“...data so far suggest that the second quarter has a good chance of reaching a new high for the health-care lobby. The industry already set records from January to March, when health-care firms and their lobbyists spent money at the rate of $1.4 million a day.” [ The Washington Post, 7/29/09]

The claim that the House health care bill pushes suicide is nonsense

“At least two Republican leaders have echoed this end-of-life distortion. On July 23, Republican Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the House minority leader, released a statement, along with Republican Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan, saying that the bill would encourage euthanasia... The claim that the bill would ‘push suicide’ is a falsehood.” [FactCheck.org, 7/29/09]