Should American be allowed to read the health bill before the government will pass it?
Bozell to Media: Read Health Care Bill Before Reporting It By NB Staff (Bio | Archive) July 16, 2009 – 16:06 ET * [Email this to friend] * [Printer-friendly version] NBC, ABC and CBS all aired exclusive interviews with President Barack Obama last night discussing his sweeping plans to assume government control over the nation’s health care industry. But none of the networks seemed aware of the bombshell easily discovered by Investor’s Business Daily and confirmed by the House Ways and Means Committee: a provision in the bill that severely limits private health insurance choice. Page 16 of the House bill, IBD reported, appears to make it illegal to “enroll any individual in such [private health insurance] coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day” of the year the legislation becomes law. Media Research Center President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell called on anyone reporting on the bill read it before making the same mistake: You cannot accur
