Obama: I Am Not In Favor Of Death Panels

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President Obama used today’s town hall to try to counter the fear-mongering out there about the health care bill, by presenting an image of this instead being a calm and rational discussion.

Oh, and no death panels: “There are some things I’ve been hearing lately that we need to dispose of. The rumor that’s been circulating around lately is, the House of Representatives somehow voted for death panels that will basically pull the plug on Grandma ’cause we’ve decided it’s too expensive to let her live anymore.”

He pointed out that the provision for counseling on end-of-life arrangements was put there by a Republican Senator, Johnny Isakson of Georgia. As for the death panels: “I am not in favor of that. I want to clear the air here.”

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