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A Nevada physician says insurance companies in states where assisted suicide is legal have refused to cover expensive, life-saving treatments for his patients but have offered to help them end their lives instead.
I believe the doctor has no reason to make a false claim. Of course nothing is in writing because that would be illegal. I have first hand experience at hospitals doing this, but for insurance companies to promote death over money?
These companies are fk'd up doing this! They have reached a new unconscionable low.
A Nevada physician says insurance companies in states where assisted suicide is legal have refused to cover expensive, life-saving treatments for his patients but have offered to help them end their lives instead.
I believe the doctor has no reason to make a false claim. Of course nothing is in writing because that would be illegal. I have first hand experience at hospitals doing this, but for insurance companies to promote death over money?
These companies are fk'd up doing this! They have reached a new unconscionable low.
I saw the report. Real and sobering. In the states where assisted suicide is not legal (yet), insurance lobby will be pushing for it. In the meantime, we will see 'death panels' become the new normal.
The 'end of life' consultations provided for in Obamacare were to pave the way for that.
They shouldn't refuse life saving surgeries, but they certainly should cover assisted suicides. Our society would be much better off if people suffering from terminal illnesses could choose to end their lives with dignity & on their own terms.
2) Insurance companies and medicaid (the OHP was Oregon's version of medicaid) refuse to pay for expensive treatments, whether a patient is living in a state that has an assisted suicide law or not. It's one of the reasons we're unhappy with the current state of affairs, remember?
3) The OHP should not have pointed out the availability of assisted suicide in the same letter as refusing to pay for the medication. It would be a rare Oregon resident who did not know about it already.
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