Claim: Playing off Discovery Channel's much-watched Shark Week, MoveOn.org Political Action launched a video likening health insurance companies to these predators of the sea.  Announcer: They are enormous and powerful. They prey on our weaknesses, trying to separate the healthy from the sick. Their strategy is to confuse and exhaust their victims. And they kill people each year by denying coverage while profiting billions. During shark week, let's take on the real predators: health insurance companies.
Fact-check: Health Care Meets Shark Week! - FactCheck.org
Verdict: playing off discovery channel's much-watched shark week, moveon.org political action launched a video likening health insurance companies to these predators of the sea.  announcer: they are enormous and powerful. they prey on our weaknesses, trying to separate the healthy from the sick. their strategy is to confuse and exhaust their victims. and they kill people each year by denying coverage while profiting billions. during shark week, let's take on the real predators: health insurance companies.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2009-08-11T23:30:46