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A week after the White House asked the public to send in "fishy" information about health care reform, the Obama administration has launched a new Web site to battle "wild rumors" and alleged falsehoods about the plans being pushed through Congress.
The Web site, activated Monday, uses the same set-up as the "Fight the Smears" page the Obama campaign maintained last year to battle rumors seen as potentially damaging to his candidacy.
The new "Reality Check" site features a half-dozen alleged rumors about health care reform, responding to them with videos of top aides rebutting them.
"We're offering the site and tools to empower individuals across the country to take this content into their own hands and share it among their networks," a senior administration official said.
"That's the sort of bottom-up process that got us to the White House, and it's what's going to deliver meaningful change to the health insurance system."
In one clip, an aide to adviser Valerie Jarrett disputes the claim that health care reform will lead to "rationing." Kavita Patel says rationing already occurs in the form of private insurers determining how to fund clients' health care, but said the notion that government will interfere in health care is "laughable."
White House Launches Web Site to Battle Health Care 'Rumors' - Political News - FOXNews.com
They're going to include the backgrounds and beliefs of Ezekiel Emanuel and John Holdren too, right? You know . . . so individuals can be truly empowered and informed.