…avoid coverage due to fear of negative immigration consequences…” https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180927.100295/full/ DHS itself concedes that the changes could result in “worse health outcomes,” “increased use of emergency rooms,” “increased prevalence of communicable diseases,” “increased rates of poverty” as well as other problems. Again, as the Health Affairs blog has stated, “Despite acknowledging these drawbacks, DHS claims…
…ears later, she wrote that she is “so happy to be alive.” In this age of cost-cutting, the media is full of calls for healthcare cost containment. So in the state of Oregon, Barbara Wagner and Randy Stroup received letters from Oregon Medicaid denying coverage for prescribed chemotherapy. The letters noted, however, that the state would cover the $100 cost of suicide. Because assisted suicide will always be the cheapest treatment, its availabili…
…death” very broadly: To help the committee with its work, individuals and organizations are invited to share their thoughts about care for people who are likely approaching death. This includes people who have a serious and progressive illness or condition (disease that is growing or spreading or physical condition that is worsening). Comments are invited in any or all of the following areas, presented in six questions. Question 1: If you are an…
…sity checked for depression or anxiety in 58 terminally ill patients who’d requested physician-assisted suicide or had contacted an assisted death organization. Fifteen of the patients met the criteria for depression and 13 for anxiety. By the end of the study, 42 patients had died. Of those, 18 received a prescription for a lethal medication, and nine died by lethal ingestion. Of those who received a prescription for a lethal medication, three me…
…include an evaluation for “impaired judgment,” or a waiting period between request and prescription. 3 Marketing: What to Call It Bill titles avoid word “suicide.” Euphemisms include “Death with Dignity,” “End-Of-Life Options, and current favorite, “Medical Aid in Dying” (MAID). American Medical Association, US Supreme Court, & NY Court of Appeals call it: “Physician assisted suicide.” Media moving from terming it “assisted suicide” ο mentioning b…
