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So-Called 'Death Panel' Measure Survives in House Health Bill
The provision allows Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal with the complex and painful decisions families face when a loved one is approaching death.
It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill
breitbart.com — The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to... 'death panels' for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday. (more) It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill
It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill      (AP)
It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill (AP)
news.yahoo.com — AP - It's alive. The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin... said was tantamount to "death panels" for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday. (more) It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill (AP)
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"Death Panels" Live On At Fox News
News Hounds — ... Is Sarah Palin writing Foxnews.com's headlines? The top headline on the "fair and balanced" website right now reads, "'Death Panels' Survive.' End-of-life planning, likened by some in GOP to 'pulling plug on granny,' makes it into House Dems' health bill. The actual article the headline links to, from AP, is much more measured and balanced. So it's clear that Fox News wrote that headline with the express purpose of being inflammatory and partisan. Screen grab after the jump. (H/T Steve K) ...

Death Panels Make the Cut
Blogs For VictoryCan’t be too in love with death, I guess, if you’re a Democrat: It’s alive. The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to “death panels” for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday. The provision allows Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal with the complex and painful decisions families face when a loved one is approaching death. For years, federal laws and ...

Arrogance
Daily PunditSo-Called ‘Death Panel’ Measure Survives in House Health Bill - Political News - FOXNews.com The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to “death panels” for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday. All the things we’ve come to love about the Pelosi/Obama Socialized Medicine Scheme have returned to this latest $2 million per word monstrosity: Death panels, “public option” (used ...

But At Least There’s No Death Panels, Right?
Shot in the Dark — Um, yeah.  Of course there are . The provision [in the latest "Healthcare Bill"] allows Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal with the complex and painful decisions families face when a loved one is approaching death. For years, federal laws and policies have encouraged Americans to think ahead about end-of-life decisions, and make their wishes known in advance through living wills and similar legal documents. But when House Democrats proposed this summer to pay doctors for end-of-life counseling, it touched off a wave of suspicion and anger. ...

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