It's better just to help grandma die, isn't it:
New research suggests medically assisted dying could result in substantial savings across Canada's health-care system.
Doctor-assisted death could reduce annual health-care spending across the country by between $34.7 million and $136.8 million, according to a report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday.
The savings exceedingly outweigh the estimated $1.5 to $14.8 million in direct costs associated with implementing medically assisted dying.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, there's something very dark and very sick going on up north.
Is that all? To put it in perspective, our school's annual budget is $88 million. One mid-sized school. Surely, the Canadian government can find other ways to tighten its belt that don't involve killing grandma.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if part of the thinking is their European heritage. I'm on some anti-euthanasia mailing lists, and some of the tales I've read are scary.
ReplyDeleteEngland: hospitals refusing to allow a transfer of a very sick (perhaps permanent) child to one that would treat them. The hospital wanted (and did) remove life support. And the ever lowering the bar for legal euthanasia
I remember when the NHS wouldn't even let the parents move the child to another country for treatment. "He must die here so we don't look so bad if he improves there" sounds macabre, but it's what they did.
ReplyDeletePeggy, one school has a budget of $88 million? My district of over 40,000 students had a budget just a few years ago of about $360 million. We have 9 full-size high schools and various and sundry middle and elementary schools.
ReplyDeleteI meant to say one medium-sized school district. Should have proofread, but yes that is the amount.
ReplyDeleteDareen, i’m pretty sure the assisted dying is for people that are already dying. They don’t just let anyone do it, and it’s also the patients decision. They also practice this in the Netherlands Switzerland and Spain.
ReplyDeleteI know. I also know that that slope is among the slipperiest that can exist. It merits the utmost attention and oversight.
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