Claim: In an Aug. 20 appearance on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," former New York Lt. Gov.  Betsy McCaughey referred to our organization as "spot-check dot org," claiming we failed to adequately read the House health care bill. McCaughey is the source of the false claim that the bill calls for mandatory counseling for seniors "to do what's in society's best interest … and cut your life short." As we said in our article "False Euthanasia Claims,"
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Verdict: in an aug. 20 appearance on "the daily show with jon stewart," former new york lt. gov.  betsy mccaughey referred to our organization as "spot-check dot org," claiming we failed to adequately read the house health care bill. mccaughey is the source of the false claim that the bill calls for mandatory counseling for seniors "to do what's in society's best interest … and cut your life short." as we said in our article "false euthanasia claims,"
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2009-08-25T21:52:57