The Oregon Dilemma
The realities of universal healthcare and euthanasia have recently been highlighted by the case in Oregon. But this is not the first of these cases and certainly won’t be the last.
A few of the articles are listed here: State denies cancer treatment, offers suicide instead
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08062501.html
Oregon Health Plan Refuses to Cover Cancer Treatments, Pays for Assisted Suicides Instead by Alf Gordon
This recent case highlights the limitations of Universal Healthcare. The bottom line is very clear. The government, whether it is State or Federal, cannot afford everything for everyone. Limits have to be set and individuals will be denied care.
In Oregon, Doctor Assisted Suicide (DAS) is legal and therefore the more cost effective option is to pay for DAS rather than expensive treatments which will only prolong life and not necessarily cure the problem.
Eventually, there will be age limits on certain procedures because the cost-benefit ratio created by the actuaries will show that terminating life is more cost effective than prolonging it.
Pandora's box has been opened!
A few of the articles are listed here: State denies cancer treatment, offers suicide instead
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08062501.html
Oregon Health Plan Refuses to Cover Cancer Treatments, Pays for Assisted Suicides Instead by Alf Gordon
This recent case highlights the limitations of Universal Healthcare. The bottom line is very clear. The government, whether it is State or Federal, cannot afford everything for everyone. Limits have to be set and individuals will be denied care.
In Oregon, Doctor Assisted Suicide (DAS) is legal and therefore the more cost effective option is to pay for DAS rather than expensive treatments which will only prolong life and not necessarily cure the problem.
Eventually, there will be age limits on certain procedures because the cost-benefit ratio created by the actuaries will show that terminating life is more cost effective than prolonging it.
Pandora's box has been opened!
Labels: euthanasia, healthcare, universal
posted by Anonymous at 5:07 AM
2 Comments:
Oregon has indeed tried to establish a state health care program, which ended up paying for the most expensive health care, while private insurers covered the healthiest segment of the population, making large profits as a result.
In the United States more than 18,000 people die annually for lack of health care, and many more are financially ruined because of high co-pays and other insurers' limitations.
The nationalized health care systems in the rest of the industrialized world have been, and are still functioning very well, providing health care superior to ours for everyone, and in the years since they have been established, have not had to offer a suicide option for lack of funding.
They may not offer a suicide option, but they certainly don't cover this type of cancer treatment for everyone either.
Even routine care and things that are covered have significant wait times for many.
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