Msnbc.com Offers Health Care ‘Dose of Reality’

Vowing to separate fact from fiction in the acrimonious debate over health care reform, msnbc.com today launched an online guide to healthcare reform.

Called “Dose of Reality,” the guide offers news, video, analysis, community forums and interactive tools on health care.

“Health care reform has the potential to touch the lives of every single American,” msnbc.com Health Editor Julia Sommerfeld said in a prepared statement. “Our readers don’t want to just sit back and read the headlines on this most personal of politics stories. They want to join the discussion, frame the debate and have their specific issues addressed.”

Indeed, msnbc.com is counting on this impulse to drive coverage. The most prominent feature on the guide’s site is “Your Daily Dose,” in which readers are asked to submit health care claims they’d like investigated to msnbc.com politics reporter Tom Curry, who will post his findings.

For readers who can’t wait for Curry to look into your question, the site features a section near the bottom of the home page called “Tools and explainers” (sample headline: 5 biggest myths of health care reform).

And if you tire of “facts” and “reality,” there’s always the Twitter argue-fest immediately above.

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