I think of them more as ‘Meg Stapleton Memorial’ death panels. That is, they are consultations rather than the very real procedure rationing panels to which I think Palin was referring. But Palin’s then spokesperson Stapleton responded to a Jake Tapper email query by saying the consultations were death panels. Jake trumpeted that around, claiming to debunk the claim, and it stuck.
They can call it “death panels.” I call it a Trojan Horse. Allow that practice to go into effect and in a short time we’ll be seeing federal funds for abortion, euthanasia, sex change operations, and Lord knows what else.
Medicine will become completely politicized.