The mention of death panels determining health care provisions on a "contrributing to society" scale is obviously a pants-on-fire lie. Lets be at least a little bit real here. A lie is a lie no matter who tells it.
But while committing to reality, how about we examine all the disparagement thrown at insurance companies whose policies decide which treatments are paid for and which ones are not. Do you honestly think the government's plan will be any different? Is the government plan going to put carte blanc on which medical treatments will be covered? Or is there going to be a government panel that will decide what limits to place on coverage? Maybe not a death panel, but definitely putting health care coverage decisions under government bureaucracy. But hey, as long as Palin is willing to put boot prints on her tongue, why mention that a government panel will, indeed, be telling people what will be paid for, just as insurance companies do now.
And while we're still aiming at the real world, do you think they will be able to actually force insurance companies to vastly increase coverage and simultaneously reduce the costs of health insurance? The only difference between Palin's lie about death panels, and the democrats lie about increasing coverage while reducing costs is Palin's lie is somewhat more enjoyably ridiculous.
Also, try examining what is happening with medicare. Drastic cuts all over the place. What are seniors to do? Go out and buy their own insurance? With what? Or are they going to receive subsidies to afford what medicare no longer covers? Or are they going to be on their own even more so than now? I thought this was about covering those not covered, not about changing coverage of those who are.