It turns out the goverment does have death panels!

Well, we have one death panel: the Republican majority in the House of Representatives. They radical cuts they want to apply to Medicare and Social Security amount to a national death panel that says to America's seniors "If you were so foolish and immoral as to get old without getting rich--you are of no further use to society. Please board the nearest ice flow and float away. Stop trying to burden the wealthiest Americans' quest to become even wealthier with your whining."