AP transcribes false GOP attacks on health reform

SUMMARY: The Associated Press uncritically reported Rep. Sue Myrick's (R-NC) attacks on health care reform, including her false comparison of Democratic reform proposals to the health care systems in Canada and the United Kingdom and her claim that a study by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) "found that the health care tax increases being proposed would lead to the elimination of more than 1.6 million jobs." In fact, Democrats are not considering a single-payer or socialized health care system, and the NFIB study Myrick cited examined a "hypothetical" policy, not the provisions of the actual bills under consideration.

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