I don't know if this has been covered elsewhere.

An Obama administration agency has abridged of the freedom of speech to promote the health care plan. Some publications are using the term "gag order". So much for the transparency the President promised.

"Proposed health reform legislation would sharply reduce funding for Medicare Advantage plans, and the insurance industry has been battling to prevent that from happening. The bill unveiled last week by Sen. Max Baucus [[D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, would directly cut payments to Medicare Advantage plans by an estimated $123 billion over 10 years, and it would indirectly reduce funding for those plans by another $15.6 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The big insurer Humana triggered the HHS crackdown with a letter to Medicare enrollees claiming that health reform proposals could hurt "millions of seniors and disabled individuals" who "could lose many of the important benefits and services that make Medicare Advantage plans so valuable." The letter was sent in envelopes marked "important information about your Medicare Advantage plan -- open today!"

HHS wrote to Humana last week instructing it to stop the mailings"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...092201849.html
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33669

There are many other reports of this 'gag order' or whatever you choose to call this attack on free speech and transparency. Free speech is one of the first fatalities of marketing the health care bill it seems. It might be a good idea to throttle the 'Medicare Advantage Plans'. However, interfering with free speech is not the correct way to achieve that end.

Did someone mention Joe Wilson?