President Barack Obama's health secretary says it's a "horrific" twisting of the facts to say that "death panels" are part of a health care overhaul.
"Euthanasia" is best defined as "mercy killing" or "assisted suicide" by methods that ease the pain of death.
I am a liver transplant survivor. I'm very lucky. I am also one of the people in this country who has been before a real life "Death Panel."
In military warfare, children are victims. In ideological warfare, children are victims. Regardless of which side of the religious and socio-political spectrum a child's parent or guardian is on, that child is innocent. Children are not billboards for hatred, malice and lies.
Americans United for Change is running an ad on Facebook . The target audience are thehundreds of thousands of Facebook supporters of Sarah Palin. The add tells them that she has been lying to them. People will start seeing the ads today on facebook.
Michelle Simkulet, who grew up in British Columbia, said she had never heard of "death panels" until a few weeks ago.
Granted, if you believe the government should have unlimited power with regards to the health care of Americans, sure, perhaps you may love the love the idea of a government committee rationing health care, issuing a national ID healthcard, and loads of other things that most Ame …
Let's see if we can have a reasoned discussion about end-of-life counseling. We might start by asking Sarah Palin to leave the room.
Sen. Arlen Specter on Sunday called for hearings to scrutinize a guide for veterans' end-of-life care which one former Bush official says sends a "hurry-up-and-die" message to injured troops.
This is a clip where Kurtz is discussing poll results of Fox viewers to see whether they are informed or misinformed. An outstanding 75% are deathers and believe that there are death panels.
The demise of the recent "death panels" debate was quick and painless—unlike so many of the deaths that will occur among those who will now be without the benefit of their doctor's knowledge of the dying process.
It's come down to these six senators. The House has reported a bill as has another Senate committee, but all eyes are fixed on Senate Finance -- and on these three Dems and three Republicans, in particular.
MYTH 1: There is no health care crisis CLAIM: The health care system currently works fine, and only a purportedly small number of uninsured people would benefit from reform.
Did the most gifted orator of our time pull a "Biden"? Or was it deliberate? My sources are speculating that Obama himself doesn't want this healthcare thing to pass.
In one of those awful collisions between public policy and real life, I was in the midst of an awkward conversation about end-of-life issues with my father when Sarah Palin raised the remarkable idea that the Obama Administration's attempt to include such issues in its health-car …
As the U.S. Congress this summer holds its first serious health-care reform debate since the Clinton era, the resulting public furor has featured increasingly overheated claims about everything from so-called "death panels" to the supposed prowess of America's homegrown medicine.
When folks talk about their fear of "socialized medicine", I'm always wondering what they prize in our present system? The instability of coverage, fear of being locked out by a preexisting condition, the craziness of reimbursement rules? Some will say a fear of Soviet-style line …
There was a time when rushing a thousand-page bill through Congress so fast that no one has time to read it would have provoked public outrage. But now, this has been attempted twice in the first six months of a new administration.
Poll shows what most people in America already think or know and that is that Sarah Palin really is not very smart
Liberal critics focused on the fact the proposal in question did not include any such "death panels." But being liberals, they endorsed Palin's central thesis: that Medicare should indeed provide essentially unlimited coverage for Palin's child as well as her parents.
After searching for years, Susan has found the job of her dreams. It will be challenging, rewarding, and above all she will be able to make a difference in areas she considers important.
Do you know what the "public option" is? It would be the establishment of a federal fund to provide health insurance for those who cannot afford it.
My partner watches every single evening program on the Fox news. And recently, the morning shows too. At first he just did it to keep his eyes on the "enemy camp." Now, he has begun to like it.
Shortly after the election, Washington Times predicted continuance of "America's T4 program." A November 23, 2008, Washington Times editorial titled, "No 'final solution,' but a way forward," asserted that "Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s started the T4 Aktion (Action) program ...
Unsurprisingly enough, Limbaugh thinks Palin is brilliant. Don't read this piece of deluded wingnut dreck on an empty stomach. Also, keep it away from children if you want them to grow up strong and smart.
Conservatives are calling it their August Revolt, a surprising upsurge of activism against President Obama's proposed health care overhaul.