Fact Checking the US Healthcare Debate

Here are some key resources to sort fact from fiction in the ongoing heated debate over healthcare reform
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We've compiled the following useful links for your continued search of the truth in a sea of political spin.

Factcheck.org

Established by the Annenberg Center for Public Policy, this is a key resource for anyone checking on claims made in the media or by politicians.

Kaiser Family Foundation

This page on Health Reform and its related Kaiser Health News offer detailed, non-partisan explanations of key concepts in the healthcare reform debate. See this excellent side by side comparisan of each reform bill drafted so far in Congress. Also see Kaiser's ad audit here to peruse the latest advertising on airwaves across America.

PolitiFact.org

Run by the St. Petersburg Times, the only non-profit newspaper in America, PolitiFact.org puts out this truth-o-meter and tracks Obama's campaign promises.

SickforProfit.com

This site, put out by Brave New Films, details executive compensation for the nation's largest insurers along with horror stories of claims they denied.

Bill Moyer's Journal

In a recent interview with former Cigna executive Wendell Potter, Bill Moyer's explores lobbying expenditures along with this useful internet resource.

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