Bioethicist Becomes a Lightning Rod for Criticism
August 25, 2009
Largely quoting his past writings out of context this summer, Betsy McCaughey, a former lieutenant governor of New York, labeled Dr. Emanuel a “deadly doctor†who believes health care should be “reserved for the nondisabled†— a false assertion that Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, repeated on the House floor. (New York Times)