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Headlines! Friday, August 14

Posted by: Erin Kelly on Aug 14, 2009

False Death Panel Has Some Familiar Roots -The New York Times

The stubborn yet false rumor that President Obama's health care proposals would create government-sponsored "death panels" to decide which patients were worthy of living seemed to arise from nowhere in recent weeks.

Do We Have Enough Doctors for Health Care Reform? -The Washington Post

A reader writes in with a common concern: It seems to me that if some version of the health care reform currently under consideration passes, and a substantial portion of the 40-50 million uninsured Americans gain access to health insurance, it will become more difficult for people already insured to gain access to doctors and other health care professionals. Simply put, newly insured people are going to want to use their insurance, and America isn't producing doctors at a correspondingly accelerating rate....

What the House Health Bill Says About End-of-Life Care

The furious controversy over Medicare payments for end-of-life care counseling stems from Section 1233 in the health bill passed by three House committees.

Bill Clinton: GOP Promotes Fear over Health Care -AP

Republicans have turned to terrifying people in the debate over overhauling the health care system because the GOP has no political clout to fight it, former President Bill Clinton told a gathering of progressive bloggers on Thursday.

Independent Sources See Through Republican Myths, Too -Media Matters

Media Matters Action Network compiles dozens of fact checks each week on the fear mongering conducted by conservatives.  Here, you'll find fact checks from independent, nonpartisan groups that back up our claims.