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To: i-node who wrote (561451)	4/18/2010 8:03:25 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1585202

The House bill did, in fact, contain a provision that would call for imprisonment. FNC, as the most reputable cable news outlet, obviously would have reported that fact at the time. It was hard news. They would have been just as incompetent as CNN and MSNBC had they refused to report on this fact. Not only did the HC legislation NOT contain any such provision, as you state, that would put people in jail but the senate version passed at the time of these comments specifically prohibited it. Fox reported with clear bias on the house bill and did not report the "harder news" that the senate bill explicitly forbid it. And o'really of course was exercising amnesic license...lying....that's clearly proven. CNN and MSNBC did not report it because it wasn't there. Al swampland.blogs.time.com All of these statements were made after the Senate Finance Committee passed its version of the health reform legislation, which specifically prohibited imprisoning people for refusing to pay the tax penalty levied on those without insurance. To be fair, the House bill did not specifically prohibit this, but it also did not include this threat. Critics who said failure to obtain insurance would result in jail time were quoting a piece of the internal revenue code, not any version of health reform legislation. Further explanation here, here, and here. Read more: swampland.blogs.time.com