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briefingroom.thehill.com - 8/13/2009
Coburn: 'Death panel' claims aren't outrageous
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It's far from outrageous to suggest that the elderly would face end-of-life decisions mandated by the government, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Thursday. In an interview with an Oklahoma television affiliate said that he disagreed that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's (R) claims about a so-called ...
msnbc.msn.com - 8/16/2009
Aug. 16: Dick Armey, Tom Coburn, Tom Daschle, Rachel Maddow
— msnbc.msn.com — Transcript of the August 16, 2009 broadcast of NBC's 'Meet the Press,' featuring Dick Armey, Tom Coburn,... Tom Daschle, Rachel Maddow, Charlie Rangel, Bruce Josten and Bill Ritter. (more) Aug. 16: Dick Armey, Tom Coburn, Tom Daschle, Rachel Maddow

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huffingtonpost.com - 8/11/2009
Howard Dean: The Media's Treatment of Palin's Outrageous "Death Panel" Claims
— huffingtonpost.com — Former Governor Sarah Palin made some preposterous claims over the weekend which attracted mainstream media attention. She... made up the term "death panel" and claimed that part of the health care reform bill now working it's way through Congress ... (more) Howard Dean: The Media's Treatment of Palin's Outrageous ...

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Sen. Coburn On Town Halls
thehopeforamerica.com - 8/10/2009
Sen. Coburn On Town Halls
— thehopeforamerica.com — "People are afraid" - they should be (more) Sen. Coburn On Town Halls

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TPM Election Central:  Coburn Supports Palin And Grassley, Says Dems Plan To Limit Care

Weekly Standard Blog:  End-of-Life Counseling Nixed from Senate Finance Cmte Bill

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Coburn Supports Palin And Grassley, Says Dems Plan To Limit Care
TPM Election Central — ... Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is now backing up Sarah Palin's "death panel" line and Chuck Grassley's assertion that the Democrats would "pull the plug on grandma," citing as proof that the Democrats shot down an amendment he'd offered for an absolute prohibition on rationing based on comparative effectiveness research: ...

End-of-Life Counseling Nixed from Senate Finance Cmte Bill
Weekly Standard Blog — The Hill's Michael O'Brien reports that the Senate Finance Committee has agreed to drop the end-of-life counseling provisions from its version of the bill. "We dropped end-of-life provisions from consideration entirely because of the way they could be misinterpreted and implemented incorrectly," Sen. Grassley said. Earlier today Sen. Tom Coburn said that concern about the counseling is legitimate: "Why would you not want an absolute prohibition? Because you ultimately plan to ration care," Coburn said. "Their plan is ...

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