Death Panels Return

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

While Americans were busy celebrating Christmas, President Obama’s controversial head of Medicare and staunch supporter of rationed health care, Dr. Donald Berwick, quietly created a new Medicare rule that will reward physicians for conducting end-of-life counseling sessions with their patients.

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Obama Appoints “One-Man Death Panel” to Head Medicare

by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

In an effort to bypass Congressional opposition, President Barack Obama is using a recess appointment prerogative to appoint a controversial physician who is a self-professed supporter of health care rationing to serve as Chief of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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