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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 09:57 AM
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8. Thanks, babylonsister. Here's more on this yesterday from Media Matters..
Drudge, WND distort health care bill to fearmonger about cost of insurance, possibility of jail time

November 07, 2009 11:10 pm

Matt Drudge and WorldNetDaily.com both falsely asserted that, in Drudge's words, the House health care reform bill states that people must "buy a $15,000 policy or go to jail." In fact, as stated by the Joint Committee on Taxation letter on which Drudge's and WND's claims are based, the bill does not impose criminal penalties on people merely for failing to purchase health insurance; rather, people who do not buy health insurance and also willfully refuse to pay the tax imposed on them for such actions can face civil or criminal penalties.

http://mediamatters.org/research/200911070007

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