re: #553 pianobuff

She talks about it on her Facebook page. Her “death panel” comments were about comparative effectiveness guidelines, not end-of-life provisions. The media ran with something that maybe they thought would make more sensational headlines…who knows. Now the end-of-life provision is out of the Senate Finance Committee version of the bill and she’s still free (presumably) to talk about comparative effectiveness if she so chooses.

I always thought Palin’s comment was about rationing and comparative effectiveness (entirely legitimate concerns) Palin’s hysteria notwithstanding.

Removing that eol provision from the bill is just stupid. Too bad they can’t remove the rationing part without scrapping the whole philosophy behind their approach.