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US President Barack Obama has accused some opponents of his healthcare reform proposals of trying to "scare the heck" out of people.
Anti-reform campaigners had created "bogeymen out there that just aren't real", he said at a town-hall style meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Passing a healthcare reform bill is Mr Obama's top domestic priority for 2009.
But in recent weeks, opponents of reform have been making serious accusations about his proposals.
The former Republican vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, said last week that the president wanted to set up "death panels" of government officials with the power to determine whether disabled or elderly Americans are "worthy of healthcare".
In fact, under proposals drawn up by the US House of Representatives, the government would pay for elderly Americans to receive voluntary consultations with doctors to discuss their end-of-life care.
"The rumour that's been circulating a lot lately is this idea that somehow the House of Representatives voted for death panels that will basically pull the plug on Grandma because we've decided that its too expensive to let her live anymore," said Mr Obama.
"Somehow, it has gotten spun into this idea of death panels. I am not in favour of that, I want to clear the air here." source: bbc.com