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Scaring Seniors

President Barack Obama participates in an AARP tele-town hall meeting on health care on Tuesday in Washington.  (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
President Barack Obama participates in an AARP tele-town hall meeting on health care on Tuesday in Washington. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

 "A campaign on conservative talk radio – fueled unintentionally by President Barack Obama’s calls to control exorbitant medical bills – has sparked fear among senior citizens that the massive health reform bill moving through Congress will lead to end-of-life “rationing” and even “euthanasia.” http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/02/health-reform-opponents-put-scare-in-seniors/

Should seniors be frightened by the proposed health care reform?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.