GRITtv: The F Word: The Real Hoax Is Health Care

An attention grab that held millions of Americans transfixed. A story that seemed to be about life in the balance. It dominated the airwaves, the social networks, held Americans in its clutch. And then it turned out to have been nothing but a hoax. A play for attention that distracted the entire country. Now that the Balloon Boy's story is blown, can we call out the health care hoax? The anti-health care lobby is taking all our attention hostage. And a nation's hopes (and votes) for quality health care are floating away, leaving real lives in real danger. If you're angry and feel played by the Heene family of Colorado, you'd better be furious at the private insurers. If you want Richard Heene and his wife to be jailed and their kids taken into protective care -- you better be fighting for all Americans to be taken out of the custody of abusive wealth-insurance companies.