Thank you for supporting our journalism. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. 21, No, philanthropist Bill Gates didn’t say death panels ‘will soon be required’ 18, Posts misrepresent 2010 clip of Bill Gates discussing health care USA TODAY, June 12, 2020, Fact check: Bill Gates is not planning to microchip the world through a COVID-19 vaccine.USA TODAY, April 23, 2021, Fact check: Bill Gates is not trying to 'block the sun's rays' in the name of climate change.6, 2021, Fact check: Bill Gates was not arrested by the US military 26, 2020, Barack Obama recalls dealing with a global pandemic, facing racist comments in first memoir excerpt C-SPAN, July 8, 2010, Bill Gates on Education and Health Care Systems.14, 2021, Fact check: Cold weather is associated with increased occurrence of heart attacks and blood clots 18, Fact check: Posts mislead on Moderna CEO Twitter account, stock sales 20, Fact check: Biden's executive order will evaluate concept of a digital currency, not launch it 16, At G-20, President Biden works to head off wider Russia crisis after missile kills two in Poland In addition, the video of Gates used to support the claim is from 2010, and while it shows him mentioning death panels, he does not predict they will "soon be required." Our fact-check sources: Gates did not attend or speak at this year's G-20 summit. Our rating: Falseīased on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that Gates told G-20 leaders that "death panels" will soon be necessary. The Associated Press and PolitiFact also debunked the claim. military on sex trafficking charges, worked on a way to block the sun's rays to fight climate change and tried to put microchips in people with COVID-19 vaccines. USA TODAY has debunked other claims about Gates, including baseless assertions that he was arrested by the U.S. Gates makes no other mention of death panels in the video and never predicts, as the post claims, that they will soon be necessary. In the video, Gates says there is "a lack of willingness to say, 'Is spending a million dollars on that last three months of life for that patient, would it be better not to lay off those 10 teachers and to make that trade-off in medical costs?' But that's called the death panel and you're not supposed to have that discussion." These cost-cutting panels were made up, though Obama never proposed creating them. Gates briefly mentions death panels while responding to a question about the cost of education and health care.ĭeath panels was a term used by opponents of former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, and it referred to decision-making bodies that would determine the fate of critically ill patients. The video in the post is a clip of Gates talking at a 2010 event hosted by the Aspen Institute. Neighorn also said Gates has not announced that death panels would soon be necessary. Gates did not attend the recent G-20 summit, Karin Neighorn, a spokesperson for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told USA TODAY. The social media user who shared the post could not be reached for comment.įollow us on Facebook! Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks Gates did not appear at G-20 meeting News Punch did not respond to a request for comment. The video in the post is from 2010 and does not show Gates saying death panels would “soon be required.” 17 Instagram post includes a screenshot of the article and a video of Gates speaking about the cost of end-of-life health care.īut the claim is false. Gates was not present at the recent G-20 meeting. "According to Gates, death panels will be necessary in the near future to end the lives of sick and unwell people due to 'very, very high medical costs.'"Ī Nov. "Unelected world health czar Bill Gates has used his appearance at the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, to raise a discussion about 'death panels,'" the article says. 15 article by News Punch, a website that has previously published misinformation. "Bill Gates tells G-20 world leaders that 'death panels' will soon be required," reads the headline of a Nov. Some social media users, though, are claiming Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates spoke at the event and predicted "death panels" would soon be necessary because of the high cost of health care. When the leaders of the Group of 20 – an international organization that brings together representatives of the world’s biggest economies – met for their annual summit earlier this month, Russia's invasion of Ukraine dominated many conversations. ![]() Watch Video: Bill Gates explains 'magic' of mRNA vaccines for multitude of diseases The claim: Bill Gates told G-20 leaders that 'death panels' will soon be necessary
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