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As someone else said, Death panels is a small part of Palin's position on Health care, which is a small part of her political positions overall. Per WP:Summary and WP:UNDUE the subsection on Death panels should be vastly smaller.

Here's my proposed replacement:


 * Palin popularized the phrase "death panels" to encapsulate her opposition to a government-run health care system. While admitting that no proposed bills include the actual word pair, she explained that the phrase "should not be taken literally". "The fact is that any group of government bureaucrats that makes decisions affecting life or death is essentially a 'death panel'."

I think this is the right size and an adequate summary of her position. It also acknowledges the point that some editors have argued vociferously for - that the phrase does not actually appear in any proposed bills. It is a phrase that she invented or popularized to make her point. For most articles I would just go ahead and make the change. For this article, I think it is appropriate to seek consensus here before making any significant change.