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 »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
This is the most important kind of vital journalism that there can be; that of stopping false media stories that are full of lies with factual counter statement(s).
And in fact, the House bill states in the section creating the Comparative Effectiveness Research Center and an oversight commission, “Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the Commission or the Center to mandate coverage, reimbursement, or other policies for any public or private payer.” In other words, comparative effectiveness research will tell you whether treatment A is better than treatment B. But the bill as written won’t mandate which treatment doctors and patients have to select.
Thee most important statement showing how totally wrong Palin is in her statements.
I hope that someone stops Palin, now we know why she stepped down as governor, so she could go on a false statement run for the extreme right. They would have impeached her had she said this under the color of being a Governor.