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Sorting PolitiFact From Politically Motivated Fiction

So PolitiFact deems that "a government takeover of health care" is a "lie" and we are all to take its word for it (Review & Outlook, "PolitiFiction," Dec. 23)? Let's see: Government defines what health insurance is. Government defines what "minimum essential coverage" is. Government forces everyone to buy one of four varieties of overpriced, low-value health insurance. Government expands government-run Medicaid by 16 million people and plans to issue government checks to buy government-approved health insurance.