I actually agree with you on the regulations. There is a place for that. I think they have at times been too strict and at other times too loose, but in general dirty water and air are bad and profit motive won’t keep them clean.
I’m confused as to his conclusions here.
Where are you seeing this? I went looking for anything to support this claim and I’m only seeing a voluntary MAID program, which is a much different thing. It’s undoubtedly an ethical quandary, but one that doesn’t really have much to do with who’s footing the bill for the doctor to do it.
Marxist idiot: we have all this wealth. We should be doing super nice things!!
Of course they are offering it. Its a much cheaper option for the state and its also a marxist mindset "you'll be better off dead"
Suicide prevention is a topic I’m well-versed in, and I think this misses the mark. Presently, Canada only offers MAID as an option for those with a diagnosis that will imminently result in their death. They’ve delayed implementation of MAID for mental health and the guidance suggests they would have to undergo extensive treatment for their mental health condition prior to potentially becoming eligible under the new program. If you contrast that with America today, these are the people we either lock away in an institution, send to prison or cast out to the streets to do crime, much to the chagrin of the conservatives on this board. If you cannot afford mental health services, which are often not covered appropriately by insurance, many patients just die by suicide anyway.
Similar stories have been repeated quite a bit. Families grieving because a healthy sibling or son went to the doctor looking for medication to help with depression or chronic pain, and was instead convinced that suicide was the option.
Again, what is the alternative here? Healthcare doesn’t spring up from the ground naturally in America if you have one of these conditions. No insurance will just cover any and all treatments you want, so your options are to suffer with it, pay for new treatments somewhere or put a bullet in your own head. Canadians are not being offered any less than that under the current model.
Many people, including me, don’t believe the government should have the right to kill murderers, child rapists, mass shooters, etc. Giving them the right, and financial incentive, to kill people who only need treatment for a chronic condition is dark stuff. I’ve known people with chronic conditions that could only be made livable with pain meds that would eventually kill them. It still gave them the time to raise their kids, see grandkids born or married, etc. Pain meds are cheap. Not as cheap as a one time lethal injection, but cheap enough.
Yes, that is a much different debate and one I’m not going to attempt to rebut.
I read the report on the ensuing tweet and I agree with the concerns listed. I would point out that in the timeframes listed, these are exceedingly small numbers that are dwarfed by the number of Americans who suffer from similar issues due to an inability to pay for such care. But that’s not a problem for Canada to resolve and they should fix their own system to stop such abuses.
