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[[File:RichardLevine.jpg|right|200px|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 government agency that makes life-or-death healthcare rationing decisions based on subjective criteria of an individual or [[Demography|demographic group]]'s worth to society. <!--The Obamacare concept was initially bought to public attention by [[Sarah Palin]], who may have started it with [https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=113851103434&_fb_noscript=1 a post to Facebook] and reexamined during the debate over the Affordable Care Act ("[[Obamacare]]") in 2009.
A '''Death Panel''', also known as "Death Council", is a government agency that makes life-or-death healthcare rationing decisions based on subjective criteria of an individual or [[Demography|demographic group]]'s worth to society. While controlling cost can usually be the main factor, profit can also be used as an incentive. For example, in the Covid relief bill of 2020, hospitals were rewarded with a $13,000 payment by the federal government for each reported [[covid]] death.
<!--The Obamacare concept was initially bought to public attention by [[Sarah Palin]], who may have started it with [https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=113851103434&_fb_noscript=1 a post to Facebook] and reexamined during the debate over the Affordable Care Act ("[[Obamacare]]") in 2009.
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.-->
==Obamunism==
==Obamunism==