Obama On Death Panels: ‘I Am Not In Favor Of That’

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President Obama just addressed the “death panel” meme at his town hall. He is not in favor of 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.

Obama was responding to a little girl who asked about the protesters outside saying “mean things” about reform.

“This arose out of a provision in one of the House bills that allows Medicare to reimburse people for consultations for end-of-life care,” Obama said. “The irony is, that actually one of the chief sponsors of the bill [Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson] … very sensibly thought this is something that would expand people’s options, that got spun into this idea of death panels. I am not in favor of that. I want to clear the air here.”

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