Should the government give people a discount to commit suicide?

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Oregon has a State run health insurance plan that Obama frequently cited as a model for how Obamacare could operate on a national level. 

Recently, many cancer patients who have applied for expensive chemotherapy drugs that their physicians have prescribed for them have received a letter from Oregon Health Plan telling them that the cost / benefit ratio for the drug is not good enough, and that the State will not, therefore, pay for their medicine. 

The letters, however, go on to point out that while pain-killing and other palliative drugs designed to make their death more tolerable will be provided, subject to normal deductible and co-payment rules, physician assisted suicide will be paid for by the State plan in full, with no co-pay.

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Paul Green · Accepted Answer

There should be no incentive other than it being the right or compassionate thing to do to end someone's life. Finances control peoples lives. Finances should not control peoples' deaths as well.

James P · Answer

I'm not surprised. Look at what they are doing to women. When I was in my 30's they had me take a base mamogram and have another every couple years. Most women get breast cancer when they start menopause. My mother had it when she was 35. Then they said in their 40's. Now they say 50's and don't even bother with the self exam. The women in the US have had the lowest death rate of breast cancer. i geuss they want it to be like Europe where they just let you die. Jjust too expensive. Reminds me of Hitler.

? · Answer

Yes starting with republicans.

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Should the government give people a discount to commit suicide?

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