Dying Man Denied Health Coverage Over Missing 26 Cents
Neetzan Zimmerman · 08/13/13 12:30PM
When Sergio Branco was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia earlier this year, his family knew the resulting medical expenses would rack up quickly.
When Sergio Branco was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia earlier this year, his family knew the resulting medical expenses would rack up quickly.
Keith Olbermann is a narcissistic outrage junkie. But when he's right, it's a show stopper. With his father currently on his deathbed, Olbermann gave health care's "death panel" controversy an impassioned send-up by telling his family's story.
Rush Limbaugh said various dumb and bigoted things about Haiti. People criticized him for this. Now—and who could've seen this coming?—he is digging in, and saying even more controversial things. Like somehow this is related to death panels?
We always suspected that if Joy Behar and Ann Coulter were in the same room, they would, like matter and anti-matter, cease to exist. But that's not the case. They just argue about whether or not Sarah Palin's coherent.
President Obama used his weekly YouTube address to talk about the debate on health care, naturally. This time, however, he set out to take down some of the more ridiculous things circulated by opponents of reform, calling them "outrageous myths."
Just before midnight, a "note" was posted on Sarah Palin's Facebook page titled, "Concerning the 'Death Panels.'" Predictably, the media latched onto it and reported her thoughts. However, there's a problem: there's no way in hell Sarah Palin wrote it.
Last night The Daily Show assembled correspondents Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi for a roundtable discussion about the dreaded Obamacare "Death Panels" issue recently brought to light by that noted teller-of-truths, Sarah Palin. Hilarity ensued.