"Death panel" disputes erupt at Florida GOP congressman's town hall

The meeting erupted into shouts and jeers in its first minutes, when Bill Akins — the chairman of the county Republican Party — complained of Obamacare’s “death panels,” a term that does not appear in the text of former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law but refers to the Politifact-ruled “Pants On Fire” claim that the ACA created a panel of government bureaucrats that deems whether someone is worthy of health care.

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Trump’s promise to repeal Obamacare has revived the anger prevalent when the health care law first passed, this time with liberals protesting as Republican lawmakers struggle to settle on a replacement that keeps Americans from losing coverage.

“There is a provision in there that anyone over the age of 74 has to go before what is effectively a death panel,” Akins claimed.

Bilirakis nodded. But audience members — including several doctors — shouted that Akins was wrong. Many yelled that he was a “liar.”

“OK, children,” Akins shot back.

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