Betsy McCaughey

Betsy McCaughey Death panel originator Betsy McCaughey resigns in disgrace after humiliating herself on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. An obviously prepared and informed Stewart calmly demonstrated McCaughey’s entire position on health care reform to be as solid as Swiss cheese. McCaughey, former Lt. Gov. of New York, is given credit as the originator [...]Death panel originator Betsy McCaughey resigns in disgrace is a post from: Acceptance InsuranceRead Full Story

Delusional Betsy McCaughey Discredited on TV Betsy McCaughey is single-handedly responsible for spreading more paranoid mistruths about the proposed healthcare reform bill than anyone else. It's largely because of her that we've been treated to such bizarre spectacles as the Town Hall Neanderthals and Sarah Palin's expressed fears of a "death panel." Here we get to see McCaughey attempt to prove that her views were shaped by something other than voices in her head. Unsuccessfully. To see the...Read Full Story

Betsy McCaughey, the former Lieutenanat Governor of New York, is one person reponsible for starting the "death panel" rumors about Barack Obama's health care bill. She appeared on The Daily Show last night to speak with Jon Stewart. Although McCaughey didn't coin the term "death panel", she is considered largely responsible for spreading the idea behind it - that the healthcare bill would enforce end of life consultations - which it would not. McCaughey, who, according to some, has a...Read Full Story

In an earlier post I posted a video of an interview with Betsy “McCoy” from the Keith Olberman show in which she goes on a health care reform rant.   The video, unfortunately is no longer working. I’ve had hit after hit on the blog for Betsy McCoy and when I went looking for more information what I found is her name is pronounced McCoy but it is actually spelled McCaughey. I apologize for the confusion but I’m not really sure where I got the spelling McCoy. Looking at the Google hits I wasn’t...Read Full Story

Betsy McCaughey Exposes Obama T 4 Nazi Healthcare Whatever health insurance bill is passed in Congress MUST apply to members of Congress and other federal employees. No Exceptions. If it isn't good enough for them, it isn't good enough for us. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel (one President Obama's top health advisers): Emanuel, however, believes that "communitarianism" should guide decisions on who gets care. He says medical care should be reserved for the non-disabled, not given to those "who are...Read Full Story

As I mentioned yesterday, the frenzy we’ve seen from the right (specifically Rush Limbaugh and Betsy McCaughey) over health care in the economic recovery package is the opening salvo in the larger battle against health care reform: This is mostly a long game. In the short term, the right hopes to provide political cover, so Republicans and moderates can use these measures as excuses to vote against final passage of the bill. In the long term, though, this is laying the groundwork for the...Read Full Story

The diva of the death panels has reappeared in her latest effort to spread fear and loathing among America’s senior citizens and the baby boomers soon to join their ranks. In today’s New York Post, the only newspaper in America sufficiently devoid of editorial scruples to print McCaughey’s babble as if it were informed discourse, McCaughey once again takes to the printed word under the title “The kill granny bill.” The title should be your first clue that McCaughey’s campaign to destroy...Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia By now you’ve probably heard that the health care legislation working its way through Congress will obligate all Medicare participants to host a government agent at their homes so that the old folks may receive their government issued expiration date. Tea and cookies will be optional. While I could tell you more about the death chip the government will soon be inserting under that turkey flap that is granny’s neck, I think it would be better for you to hear it straight...Read Full Story

Via the Washington Independent: Betsy McCaughey — an outspoken proponent of the myth that Democrats’ health care reform proposals will lead to the creation of “death panels,” as well as a former lieutenant governor of New York and adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute — has stepped down from her position as a director of Cantel Medical Corp., which bills itself as a “leading provider of infection prevention and control products in the healthcare market.” That would be six months after...Read Full Story

One of our favorite discredited spokespeople, Betsy McCaughey, was on CNN today, beating her now 20-year-old drum against health reform. Media Matters has the fact check, which CNN failed to deliver: On June 24, CNN’s American Morning co-host John Roberts did not challenge former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey’s assertions that the Affordable Health Choices Act “basically” “pushes everyone into an HMO-style plan” and that most Americans will have to “go through what they call a ‘medical...Read Full Story