Jon Stewart had "death panel" idea originator Betsy McCaughey on his show on Thursday. It should be noted that McCaughey never used the term "death panel" herself, or at least, did not coin that phrase (it came from Alaska, ahem), but she originated the idea that the health care reform bill promoted euthanasia.McCaughey appeared on stage carrying a huge binder, which she stated held the first 1/2 of the health care reform bill. Interestingly, she admitted the provisions were all about "living wills" as opposed to "death panels."
S: It seems like this bill is allowing people more control over their lives and that your reading of it is hyperbolic and in some cases, dangerous.
M: This provision is so dangerous that the Senate finance committee has already ripped it out of its draft.
S: It's not because it's so dangerous; it's because people so lost their **** about it. The misinformation that was put out there ... look, we can argue about whether it's a slippery slope to certain things, but there is absolutely nothing in that reading that says this is a mandatory consultation, and that ...
She interrupted and said he was wrong, but when asked to provide proof, she could not.
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Interestingly, in part 2, McCaughey seemed to concentrate on the word "adherence," but as Stewart noted, the wording said "adherence to orders for life-sustaining treatment." Hmmm. Life-sustaining. Where's the "death" part of the panels?
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Quite a bit of blathering on the part of McCaughey, but not much information. Stewart notes that Reagan said in 1961 that Medicare would be the death of seniors and that did not pass. He then asked if she really believed that fact. And she said yet.
McCaughey then tried to say that American health care was good. Stewart pointed out what I've said before: the U.S. is 50th in infant mortality and 46th in life expectancy. He didn't note what I have, that Cuba has the same life expectancy as us.
She said that (pulling the stats out of her *ss, I'm sure) that if you remove violent crime and auto accidents we're #1. So?
See the final part of the interview:
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| Exclusive - Betsy McCaughey Extended Interview Pt. 2 | ||||
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