Posted July 29, 2009 at 8:04 PM

Issues: Ethics

http://factcheck.org/2009/07/false-euthanasia-claims/

On former Sen. Fred Thompson’s radio show, former lieutenant governor of New York Betsy McCaughey said that the House’s proposed health care bill contained a provision that would institute mandatory counseling sessions telling seniors how "to do what’s in society’s best interest … and cut your life short." House Minority Leader John Boehner made a slightly more measured statement, warning that