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Oregon Offers Terminal Patients Doctor-Assisted Suicide Instead of Medical Care

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Revmitchell, Jul 26, 2009.

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  1. Revmitchell

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    PORTLAND, Ore. — Some terminally ill patients in Oregon who turned to their state for health care were denied treatment and offered doctor-assisted suicide instead, a proposal some experts have called a "chilling" corruption of medical ethics.

    Since the spread of his prostate cancer, 53-year-old Randy Stroup of Dexter, Ore., has been in a fight for his life. Uninsured and unable to pay for expensive chemotherapy, he applied to Oregon's state-run health plan for help.

    Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA), which administers the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County, responded to Stroup's request with a letter saying the state would not cover Stroup's pricey treatment, but would pay for the cost of physician-assisted suicide.

    "It dropped my chin to the floor," Stroup told FOX News. "[How could they] not pay for medication that would help my life, and yet offer to pay to end my life?"

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    #1 Revmitchell, Jul 26, 2009
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    This is what happens when we devalue human life God created in His image. We kill off our babies and old people as being less valuable then the rest of us. Only problem is, we're all going to be old people one day.
     
    #2 donnA, Jul 27, 2009
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