Analysts who examined the end-of-life provision Palin cited agree that Palin's claim is incorrect.PolitiFact, August 7, 2009, Sarah Palin falsely claims Barack Obama runs a 'death panel' According to TIME and ABC, Palin and Betsy McCaughey made false euthanasia claims.Time, August 12, 2009, Ezekiel Emanuel, Obama's 'Deadly Doctor,' Strikes BackABC News, Jake Tapper, August 7, 2009, "Palin Paints Picture of 'Obama Death Panel' Giving Thumbs Down to Trig" The federal requirement that hospitals help patients with things like living wills began when Republican George H. W. Bush was President. Section 1233 merely allows doctors to be paid for their time.
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The article, which accused Emanuel of advocating healthcare rationing by age and disability, was quoted from on the floor of the House of Representatives by Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. Sarah Palin cited the Bachmann speech and said that Emanuel's philosophy was "Orwellian" and "downright evil", and tied it to a health care reform end of life counseling provision she claimed would create a "death panel".Sarah Palin's Facebook page, August 7, 2009, Sarah Palin: Statement on the Current Health Care DebateSarah Palin's facebook page, August 12, 2009, Sarah Palin: Concerning the "Death Panels"ABC News, Jake Tapper, August 7, 2009, Palin Paints Picture of 'Obama Death Panel' Giving Thumbs Down to Trig Who runs gov?: Ezekiel Emanuel, a Washington Post publication, Obama's 'Deadly Doctor'? David Saltonstall, August 12, 2009, Former Lt. Gov.
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Analysts who examined the end-of-life provision Palin cited agreed that it merely authorized Medicare reimbursement for physicians who provide voluntary counseling for advance health care directives (including living wills).PolitiFact, August 7, 2009, Sarah Palin falsely claims Barack Obama runs a 'death panel' According to TIME and ABC, Palin and McCaughey made false euthanasia claims.TIME, August 12, 2009, Ezekiel Emanuel, Obama's 'Deadly Doctor,' Strikes BackABC News, Jake Tapper, August 7, 2009, Palin Paints Picture of 'Obama Death Panel' Giving Thumbs Down to Trig The page 425 legislation began as a separate bill that was co-sponsored by Republicans Charles Boustany, Patrick Tiberi and Geoff Davis. Boustany, a heart surgeon, said the end-of-life legislation was a "good medical practice".Kathy Kiely and Mimi Hall, August 18, 2009, USA Today,End-of-life counseling had bipartisan support 204 GOP House members and 42 GOP Senators voted for a 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill that included end-of-life counseling.
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