Nuggets of Truth In 'Death Panel' Rhetoric - Roll Call

Nuggets of Truth In ‘Death Panel’ Rhetoric

By John Edgell and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted September 4, 2009 at 12:00am

Facebook
obviously
deservedly roasted
health care delivery
MedPac
Well, sort of.
treated 1.2 million patients
treated 9 percent
cited a 2005 study
nine times higher
VITAS
roughly 45 percent longer
2004 study
cutting services
receive far less
John Edgell is a former Democratic congressional staffer.

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