During the legislative debate over the passage of President Obama’s healthcare law, supporters of the program were sensitive to any suggestion that it represented a government takeover of the healthcare system.
Back in 2010, PolitiFact branded the charge that Obamacare was a “government takeover” as its “lie of the year.”
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