The tension is soaring over health care reform–not surprising since we're restructuring one-sixth of the U.S. economy. Thousands of jobs are at stake–including many in the insurance business, which is absorbing the brunt of the blows from President Obama and his allies in Congress.

It's not surprising the rhetoric is growing more alarming by the day. How might cooler heads prevail? By dealing with facts!

For one, I was shocked to learn that after all of President Obama's talk about the crisis in health care, none of the key elements of House reform legislation would take effect for years!

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