Although I didn’t realize it at the time, Palin was referring to a provision in the law that provided Medicare funding for voluntary consultations with doctors about hospice and other “end of life” care options. This was an innocuous policy that had previously received bipartisan support. Now, in hindsight, using the term “end of life” was a terrible idea, but in a world where facts and truth reigned supreme, it would be impossible to turn this into forced euthanasia for the elderly.
