On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 6:59:50 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 7:31 AM Lawrence Crowell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > *> The only way I could support something like this in USA is if there is >> a single payer healthcare system. * > > > A single payer healthcare system is probably a good idea, it's worked > well in other countries, but it has little to do with euthanasia. > > >> > I can well imagine there will be insurance weasels pressuring family >> members to "terminate" a patient the company finds too expensive to pay for. > > > I think it's illogical to worry about hypothetical problems that leagal > euthanasia might cause while at the same time ignoring the very real > non-hypothetical horror that outlawing euthanasia has caused; in the USA > terminal cancer patients are limited on how much pain medication they can > get because for some bizarre reason doctors are worried about them becoming > addicted. And sure, if it was legal patients might sometimes make the wrong > decision, but at least it would be their decision and not the decision of > the government, after all it's their life not the government's. Using force > to make somebody live when they want to die is as immoral as using force to > make somebody die when they want to live. > > John K Clark >
It is a hypothetical that easily could be made real. Never underestimate the smarts of any weasel to grab as much cash as possible. LC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/327d59cd-efb9-43e2-ace0-04db9d2bff29n%40googlegroups.com.
