1.  Obama's health care legislation contains a provision requiring periodic end-of-life counseling for all senior citizens.

WorldNetDaily reports that, during an interview on Fred Thompson's radio program, Betsy McCaughey-a fellow at the Hudson Institute and former Lieutenant Governor of New York-stated that HR 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, is no more or less than an attempt to convince seniors to die.

"One of the most shocking things is page 425, where the Congress would make it mandatory absolutely that every five years people in Medicare have a required counseling session.  They will tell [them] how to end their life sooner," she said.

Section 1233 of the legislation, posted online by National Review, provides for "Advance Care Planning Consultation."

It requires "an explanation by the practitioner of the continuum of end-of-life services and supports available, including palliative care and hospice, and benefits for such services and supports that are available under this title."

McCaughey told Thompson, "As a patient advocate, I am so shocked at the vicious assault on elderly people and the boomer generation.  I hope people listening will protect their parents from what is intended under this bill."

She added that the Obama Administration wants medical care to be rationed for seniors, based on the expected years they have left to live.

2.  President Obama proposes that an unelected commission be empowered to cut spending for Medicare.

In his nationally televised news conference, Obama advocated giving the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission the power to reduce spending without approval of Congress.  The commission was created in 1997 to make recommendations on cuts in medical care for the elderly, but currently has no authority to implement them.

According to CNN, Obama said such a panel could both "save money and ensure the long-term financial health of Medicare."

Reuters reported that the concept of turning over decisions on Medicare spending to bureaucrats was vehemently criticized by some members of Congress.

Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA), the Chairman of the Health Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, said that Obama's plan to strip Congress of authority over the Medicare program was "stupid at best, unworkable, childish."

The Wall Street Journal also found hostility to the idea.  "You're outsourcing congressional responsibility," said Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA), Chairman of the Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee in the Ways and Means Committee.