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[[File:RichardLevine.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Dr. Richard "Rachel" Levine]]
[[File:RichardLevine.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dr. Richard "Rachel" Levine]]
A '''Death Panel''', also known as "Death Council", is a group of people that would purportedly make life-or-death healthcare rationing decisions based on subjective criteria of a person's worth to society. The concept reexamined during the debate over the Affordable Care Act ("[[Obamacare]]") in 2009. Its foremost champion at the time was Sarah Palin, who may have started it with [https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=113851103434&_fb_noscript=1 this post to Facebook].
A '''Death Panel''', also known as "Death Council", is a group of people that would purportedly make life-or-death healthcare rationing decisions based on subjective criteria of a person's worth to society. The concept reexamined during the debate over the Affordable Care Act ("[[Obamacare]]") in 2009. Its foremost champion at the time was [[Sarah Palin]], who may have started it with [https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=113851103434&_fb_noscript=1 this post to Facebook].
Life or death outcomes from decisions about availability or non-availability of health care have been occurring throughout human history. In the United States these decisions ultimately arise from the free market system, both before and since the enactment of [[Obamacare]]. Under [[Obamacare]], there has often been more government bureaucracy involved in the process, but it has always been complex.
Life or death outcomes from decisions about availability or non-availability of health care have been occurring throughout human history. In the United States these decisions ultimately arise from the free market system, both before and since the enactment of [[Obamacare]]. Under [[Obamacare]], there has often been more government bureaucracy involved in the process, but it has always been complex.