Finding Answers in a Sea of Crap

Interesting morning observation...

(Because I like to torture myself mentally) I found that when I do a general search on google [for the question] "if i have health insurance, will I lose it under the new proposed plan?" A majority of the hits on the first page of the search results are links to articles and conservative websites/thinktanks (Heritage Foundation, JBS, American Spectator, etc.) whose sole purpose seems to be to scare the shit out of people about the proposed new health care plan.

I, myself got scared because there are so many unknowns about the House Bill. However, I found a website called Open Congress, which has the text of the proposed plan.

I'm not an attorney so the language of the bill can be confusing, but I found it to be helpful to read the actual text of the bill. Additionally, there are discussion sections where one can post questions and concerns (but I think one has to be a member of the open congress community to do so).

Because there are so many unknowns, it's important that we--for lack of a better word--don't freak out. We need to inform ourselves from (hopefully) neutral sources and not fall prey to those groups and people who are spreading misinformation about the proposed plan.

Breathe people. Breathe...