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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.  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.

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.<ref>https://fee.org/articles/physicians-say-hospitals-are-pressuring-er-docs-to-list-covid-19-on-death-certificates-here-s-why/</ref>  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.<ref>https://www.christianpost.com/news/cdc-director-agrees-that-hospitals-have-monetary-incentive-to-inflate-covid-19-data.html</ref>

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