Cancer In France vs. ‘Death Panels’

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A lot’s been going around lately about health care reform and so-called “death panels,” which are Palin-speak for what is known in France as a Medical Council. On TalkingPointsMemo.com a Reader Blog by “Jane B.” discusses this phenomenon and her real experience with “death panels” in what she mockingly refers to as one of the “hell hole socialist...

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MoveOn: Top Five Health Care Reform Lies

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I just received the following email from MoveOn.org addressing many of the lies and rumors related to health care reform that are going around… Please  share this information. Lie #1: President Obama wants to euthanize your grandma!!! The truth: These accusations—of “death panels” and forced euthanasia—are, of course, flatly untrue. As an article from the Associated Press...

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Health Care Reform Facts From AARP

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The following email is from AARP: My inbox has been flooded with emails spreading crazy rumors about health reform so I wanted to share some facts from AARP about what’s really going on. Please join me in forwarding these facts to everyone you know. Print them out and pass them around at your social gatherings and other places where people are discussing the issues of the day. FACT #1:...

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Sen. Chris Dodd Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

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Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer six weeks ago. During Congressional recess he will have his prostate removed at New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering hospital and is expected to return to work within a couple weeks. “I’m very confident that we’re going to come out of this very well,” Mr. Dodd said. The prostate cancer, the...

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