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How the US insurance lobby created a false fear campaign.
Basically knowing that having a proper single payer health care platform absent of insurance companies is the most economical and compassionate option. The insurance companies formed lobby groups and did their best to plant seeds of doubt within the public.
The sad part is I see many of these hackneyed debunked talking points and wild fantastic false scenarios used as examples of why we can't have UHC.
Here's some transcripts from the podcast that reached out to one of the main founders of this campaign. Much like big oil and big tobacco, they used the tactic of sowing doubt. Not having to be factually correct, and instead flooding the public with misinformation.
Basically knowing that having a proper single payer health care platform absent of insurance companies is the most economical and compassionate option. The insurance companies formed lobby groups and did their best to plant seeds of doubt within the public.
The sad part is I see many of these hackneyed debunked talking points and wild fantastic false scenarios used as examples of why we can't have UHC.
Here's some transcripts from the podcast that reached out to one of the main founders of this campaign. Much like big oil and big tobacco, they used the tactic of sowing doubt. Not having to be factually correct, and instead flooding the public with misinformation.