Death Panel? The Republicans in Congress ARE the Death Panel.

They are attempting to create a so-called health care bill that is nothing of the sort. Instead, it is a bill to prevent citizens of the United States from having access to health care. It is a health care denial bill. It is designed to roll back the increased access provided by the ACA, and to make adequate healthcare completely unavailable to those people who most need that protection but who cannot afford it in an open, free-for-all marketplace.

The same Republicans who used the term "Death Panel" to fight against the ACA are actually the real "Death Panel." Their bill will condemn millions to die prematurely over the next decade by making health care unavailable to those millions. This is typical of the word play and jargon used by Republicans since the days of Newt Gingrich, who introduced and championed the concept of deceptive language as a political tool.

Republicans want a broad-based limitation on health care availability, based on ability to pay. They believe that people who cannot pay for health care should not receive health care. Their response is that such people should "get better jobs that have good healthcare," ignoring the fact that doing such a thing is impossible for many. Republicans do not care whether people in this country live or die. Therefore, they are the real "Death Panel" in this country in 2017.