News video explains the truth behind “death panels”
Amidst heated discussions about health care reform, the idea of “death panels” has surfaced, scaring many Americans into believing that if President Obama’s health care reform is passed that mandatory panels will make end of life decisions for seniors and other Americans with life threatening conditions. As WCCO-TV reporter Pat Kessler explains, the idea of a death panel came from a statement made by a former New York Lieutenant Governor Betsy McCaughey in a radio interview. It has more recently been attributed to Sara Palin who used the term “death panel”. But the death panel threat is deceptive, according to Kessler in this WCCO-TV Reality Check.
