On the recordDecember 26, 2010
What you can't do -- or you can but you shouldn't do -- is start saying things like -- we want to set up death panels to pull the plug on Grandma. I mean, come on.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “What you can't do -- or you can but you shouldn't do -- is start saying things like -- we want to set up death panels to…”
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Obama addresses fears about health care reform and the misconception of 'death panels'.
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