The Republicans newest line of attack to stop health care is that its an attempt to let the government kill senior citizens. Is the US electorate so stupid they can see through such paranoid delusional talk?
The US electorate is also not so stupid to buy the health industries script parroted by the republicans and democrats that they bought. Form factcheck.of False Euthanasia Claims The claim that the House health care bill pushes suicide is nonsense. July 29, 2009 Bookmark and Share Summary On former Sen. Fred Thompson’s radio show, former lieutenant governor of New York Betsy McCaughey said that the House’s proposed health care bill contained a provision that would institute mandatory counseling sessions telling seniors how “to do what’s in society’s best interest … and cut your life short.” House Minority Leader John Boehner made a slightly more measured statement, warning that the same provision “may start us down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia if enacted into law.” In truth, that section of the bill would require Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling sessions helping seniors to plan for end-of-life medical care, including designating a health care proxy,
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