Claim: At a press stakeout on Capitol Hill today, House GOP Whip Eric Cantor sounded bullish about his party's success in pouring cold water on the idea of a "government option," or a federal health insurance plan that would compete with private plans. That's fine, but he made one statement that puzzled us: Cantor, 9/9: I think intuitively that most Americans believe that more government in health care means more rationing and more forced discrimination on the basis of gender and age.
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Verdict: at a press stakeout on capitol hill today, house gop whip eric cantor sounded bullish about his party's success in pouring cold water on the idea of a "government option," or a federal health insurance plan that would compete with private plans. that's fine, but he made one statement that puzzled us: cantor, 9/9: i think intuitively that most americans believe that more government in health care means more rationing and more forced discrimination on the basis of gender and age.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Viveca Novak
Date published: 2009-09-09T22:43:54