Sarah Palin falsely claims Barack Obama runs a 'death panel'

PolitiFact | Aug. 11, 2009 (News Analysis)

We have read all 1,000-plus pages of the Democratic bill and examined versions in various committees. There is no panel in any version of the health care bills in Congress that judges a person's "level of productivity in society" to determine whether they are "worthy" of health care. Full Story »

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 by Randy Morrow - Aug. 11, 2009

Palin gets it wrong again as this article points out.

Palin’s statement sounds more like a science fiction movie (Soylent Green, anyone?) than part of an actual bill before Congress. We rate her statement Pants on Fire!

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