Michael Steele: The VA is ‘Encouraging [Vets] to Commit Suicide’

Media Matters catches Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele repeating (and botching) the false charge that the Department of Veterans Affairs, by making available a guide to writing a living will, is telling veterans to kill themselves.

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VA Pushes Back on the ‘Death Book’ Rumor

Following up on my item earlier today, a source inside the VA tells me that the “pulled” copy of a guide to living wills that’s been made available to veterans was actually only pulled by one hospital in Puget Sound. And it had nothing to do with the “death More…

The VA Pulls the ‘Death Book’ [UPDATE: Just One Local VA Website]

According to David Freddoso, the Department of Veterans Affairs has yanked “Your Life, Your Choices: Planning for Future Medical Decisions,” a guide to writing a living will, from the main portion of its web site. That’s not quite right; a Website for the Puget Sound VA has done this, More…