claim: under the new health care law, "the first person (a) patient has to go to is a bureaucrat. that is called a panel."
author: john raese
evidence_1: jul 9, 2012 ... the republican position on the health care law is that it represents a ... about a  government takeover, which politifact has repeatedly found to be false ... the 15- member panel is called the independent payment advisory .... politifact, under  the new health care law, "the first person (a) patient has to go to ...
evidence_2: "death panel" is a political term that originated during the 2009 debate about  federal health care legislation to cover the uninsured in the united states. sarah  palin, former republican governor of alaska, coined the term when she charged  that proposed legislation would create a "death panel" of bureaucrats who would  .... however, neither section 1233 nor any other provision in any health care bill ...
evidence_3: the new law makes specific reference to assisted suicide in only one section. ....  but unlike most of the federal bureaucracy, the agency never has to go back to ...  has informed him that, because of new regulations under obamacare, his annual  ... obamacare's cost-cutting board — memorably called a 'death panel' by ...
evidence_4: may 5, 2016 ... insurance companies are finding new ways to restrict drug access ... back;  travel ... before the health care law, insurance company bureaucrats, rather ...  this process, called step therapy, has been widely criticized by patient groups ...  the health care nonprofit world to camouflage their decisions under the ...
evidence_5: aug 2, 2010 ... updated chart shows obamacare's bewildering complexity ... panel has  released the first chart illustrating the 2,801 page health care law president  obama signed into law in march. ... senate steering committee chairman jim  demint (r-south carolina) called obamacare “a bureaucratic nightmare.