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To be fair, those euthanasia programs are only used when someone is either terminally ill or is a healthy-ish 31-year-old who can’t afford housing.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/assisted-s...

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The person in the article applied because of health problems.

>Denise said she hasn’t cancelled her MAID application because she still suffers from painful chronic health problems that haven’t been properly handled.

She's not going around doing cartwheels, but in a civilized country she wouldn't be applying for medically assisted dying. Her health problems are, at least arguably, manageable in fairly straightforward ways via a rational medical system.

She'll never have healthy-millionaire quality of life, but this isn't what medically-assisted dying is meant for.

In this case what she recognized as the treatment is managed by something other than the medical system. I would assume this is the same in other places, unless doctors in Europe can write prescriptions for apartments.

Holy shit. Financial reasons should not be a factor in choosing to end one's life. WTF Canada?

"Canada prepares to expand its euthanasia law to include those with mental illness"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64004329

At least in Canada they won't be milking the estate for the cost of the euthanasia.

Don't forget the veterans who've asked for ramps.

"Canada Veteran Affair's department: Finishing what the enemy started!"

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