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Viral image stated on November 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Bill Gates tells G20 world leaders that ‘death panels’ will soon be required.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2022

AmericanNews.com stated on September 2, 2014 in an article:

"According to recent reports, a group of death panels organized under Obamacare ordered their first execution."

By Lauren Burns • November 11, 2014

Newt Gingrich stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was right that President Barack Obama’s health care bill created what "would, in effect, be death panels."

By Willoughby Mariano • October 28, 2011

Donald Trump stated on March 24, 2020 in a Fox News town hall:

Says N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo “rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic, for a pandemic, established death panels and lotteries instead. So, he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price, and he turned it down.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 25, 2020

Leah Vukmir stated on October 19, 2018 in a debate:

Says Tammy Baldwin’s "Medicare for All" plan means senior citizens would "no longer have" Medicare.

By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2018

AmericanNews.com stated on November 2, 2014 in a web post:

"Congress Approves Bill Offering Free Cars To Welfare Recipients."

By Lauren Burns • November 17, 2014

David Perdue stated on September 17, 2014 in an ad:

Says Michelle Nunn is "for amnesty."

By April Hunt • October 7, 2014

Texas Right to Life stated on May 14, 2014 in a video ad:

In Texas, "a faceless hospital panel can deny life-sustaining care, giving you only 10 days to find another facility for your mother, dad, or young child, even if the patient is conscious."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014

Sarah Palin stated on November 24, 2013 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":

The Affordable Care Act alters the "sensible doctor-patient-relationship-centered health care program ... we see today."

By Steve Contorno • November 24, 2013

Rush Limbaugh stated on June 6, 2013 in his radio show:

"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.

By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2013

Betty Sutton stated on May 1, 2012 in a campaign email:

Jim Renacci "voted repeatedly to end Medicare."

By Tom Feran • May 11, 2012

Tom Price stated on December 8, 2011 in a letter:

Congress gave an unelected board "the power to deny care to seniors."

By Eric Stirgus • January 6, 2012

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on June 1, 2011 in an e-mail.:

"Rep. Robert Hurt voted again today to end Medicare and raise health care costs for Virginia seniors."

By Jacob Geiger • June 9, 2011

Mitt Romney stated on May 12, 2011 in a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich.:

President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care."

By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2011

Kenneth McKay stated on February 27, 2011 in a TV interview:

Says Sheldon Whitehouse said on Senate floor: "Everybody in Rhode Island who disagrees with me about Obamacare is an Aryan, is a white supremacist."

By Peter Lord • March 6, 2011

Wesley Smith stated on January 31, 2011 in an article in the Weekly Standard:

Oregon Health Plan rations "covered procedures under certain circumstances"

By Ian K. Kullgren • February 19, 2011

Anthony Weiner stated on January 19, 2011 in a speech on the House floor:

The health care law includes tort reform.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 21, 2011

Paul Krugman stated on November 14, 2010 in "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

A recent report from the president's deficit commission was "completely empty" on controlling health care costs.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2010

Dan Fanelli stated on June 3, 2010 in a video on his campaign website:

Under the new health care law, the elderly will be denied care when they have "passed the age limit for treatment."

By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2010

Glenn Beck stated on November 12, 2009 in his radio program:

"In the health care bill, we're now offering insurance for dogs."

By Robert Farley • November 12, 2009

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