Claim: Conservatives for Patients' Rights, whose ads we have faulted in the past, is airing a new spot that calls for dropping any federal insurance option from the health care overhaul bills. "Despite what the president or Congress say," the narrator tells us, "their health care proposals do not guarantee you can keep your own doctor." And there's no guarantee you won't "wait longer for care," face "rationing," or "lose your insurance," either, she says.
Fact-check: 'No Guarantee' - With Plan, or Without - FactCheck.org
Verdict: conservatives for patients' rights, whose ads we have faulted in the past, is airing a new spot that calls for dropping any federal insurance option from the health care overhaul bills. "despite what the president or congress say," the narrator tells us, "their health care proposals do not guarantee you can keep your own doctor." and there's no guarantee you won't "wait longer for care," face "rationing," or "lose your insurance," either, she says.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Viveca Novak
Date published: 2009-09-09T16:54:53