[SCalGal]

It doesn’t have anything to do with medical research. It deals with treatments, and whether particular treatments and medicines (that have already been through the research and testing process) will be paid for.

On the face of it, you're right. But if you go a bit further:

But medical research is very expensive. When care is going to be rationed - and we agree that it is, per the "death panels" - why would anyone want to pay for research that is likely not to be used? New treatments, experimental treatments are expensive and their results aren't documented. The "death panels" want to use only treatments with documented results, and only the less costly of them.

[La Lydia]

And what does that have to do with Sarah Palin lying? Focus, focus, focus.