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Death Panels

Health Care Reform: The New Promised Land

James M. Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
James M. Lynch

When my father died we were left in insurmountable, unrecoverable debt and we did, literally, go broke because he got sick.

Obama's Top Health Care Opponent: No PhD In Medicine, No Scholarly Articles On Health Care

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg has profiled Betsy McCaughey, trying to square the one-time Republican official's work on infection deaths and in ac...

The GOP Strategy: Operation Monkeyshit

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Ian Gurvitz

The GOP's goal from the second the president took office was to bring him down. Their sole intention is diminishing the president's popularity and laying the groundwork for the 2010 midterms and 2012 presidential elections.

AARP Seeks More Neutral Image After Shedding Thousands Of Members

USA Today | Mimi Hall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- AARP, which has lost tens of thousands of members over its support for efforts to revamp the health care system, is preparing a post-Lab...

Progressives Carry the Day at Loebsack Town Hall

Trish Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Trish Nelson

Someone shouted, "Socialism!" and the crowd applauded ... then laughed. So chill, conservatives.

Who Will Be Hurt if the Democrats Pass Health Care Alone

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lincoln Mitchell

If the Democrats pass the health care bill, and are able to do it with a public option, the Republicans will have once again put themselves on the opposing side of groundbreaking legislation.

Obama Supporters Angry But Well Behaved

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dawn Teo

Instead of looking for the real story on health care, reporters across America are looking for ways to turn it into a better, more sensational tale. A small, loud minority is getting all of the attention.

The Death Panels Are Real

D. Brad Wright | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
D. Brad Wright

Throughout Congress there are men and women who are making decisions right now that will mean putting some people to death. Sen. Grassley is the ranking member of the Early Grave Commission.

The Truth About End of Life Care

Jeanette Aileen Fuller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jeanette Aileen Fuller

So much has been said by those who claim to understand what "end of life care" means, and all of it has little if any root in truth. So, I will give you my personal experience with "end of life counseling."

End of Life Counseling? Had That in My Twenties

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Hal Donahue

Early in my service I was told, "When a jet crashes, often the boots are all we can find." Such was my not-so-subtle introduction to the need for end of life planning.

Kristof: Existing Health Care System Kills More Than An Army Of "Death Panels" Would

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Critics fret that health care reform would undermine American family values, not least by convening somber death panels to wheel away Grandma as if sh...

Health Care Reform and The Awesome Power of Techno-Confusion

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Dr. Peggy Drexler

Information technology has added rocket fuel to the engine of democracy. Will it power us forward or keep us spinning wildly in one spot?

The REAL Origin of 'Death Panels' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Ever wonder how politicians come up with phrases like "death tax," "enhanced interrogation techniques," and "energy recovery"? It's usually a pollster...

Republicans Announce Plans to Honor Senator Kennedy

Sean Carman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Sean Carman

The Republican Party announced today that it will honor the legacy of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy by continuing its campaign to defeat any prospect of health care reform.

Arthur Delaney

Politics In The Doctor's Office?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Shirley Rish of Mesa, Ariz., met with an orthopedic specialist earlier this month hoping for relief from some pain in her wrist. Instead, she received...

Abortion Is New Front in Health Care Battle

Wall Street Journal | FAWN JOHNSON and LAURA MECKLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Most versions of the Democratic health plan would create subsidies for lower-income people to buy private health insurance. If that insurance includes...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Death Panel Advisors (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Turns out Chuck Grassley was right--DEATH PANELS ARE REAL! It took the muckrakiest folks at Funny or Die to uncover them, but here they are, caught on...

Reading The Pictures: Rove's Fun and Games in the Name of Wounded Warriors

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Michael Shaw

2009-08-27-shaw_hemlockrove.jpgSomething progressives sometimes fail to bring up in countering the "death panel" meme is the larger hypocrisy at play.

You Already Have A Death Panel

Carolita Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Carolita Johnson

My own health plan: go back to France for any life-preserving treatments I think might be worth going through, because even as an American paying full price, it's so much cheaper there.

Obama's Secret Cash for Grandma Plan

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Meathead

Nothing that my senator and his commie cronies can tell me will make me believe that the government bureaucrats can run health care better than the insurance company bureaucrats.

Jason Linkins

Michael Steele: VA Encouraging Vets To Commit Suicide (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Michael Steele is running a bit late to the latest "Let's Frighten The Villagers With Lies" party, but, as TPM's Rachel Slajda points out, he's plungi...

"Protester Does Shocking Thing": The Tyranny of Anecdotal Evidence

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Stefan Sirucek

How many town hall meetings have gone peacefully, constructively and without a hitch? We don't know. What we've heard about again and again are these scattered incidents cherry-picked for their shock value and presented as genuine and meaningful patterns.

Trolling

August J. Pollak | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
August J. Pollak

Why the internet will always fall second to the quality of traditional media. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," ...

Firing Squads and Death Panels

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
B. Jeffrey Madoff

My grandmother was one of the first people a pacemaker was used on. A lot of very sincere people believe that if Obama's health care reform bill passes, old people will essentially be facing death panels and denied care.

How the Real Death Squads Work

Bryant Welch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bryant Welch

There is just one fact Americans need to know about our current health care system. Private health insurance companies make more money if they don't provide care than if they do.