Canada accused of \u0022euthanizing its poor\u0022 due to doctors approving euthanasia for patients denied proper medical care
The report added that loosening the criteria for medically assisted death would expand the savings still further. If euthanasia was also permitted for Canadians without terminal illnesses, an extra 1,164 per year could expect to opt for a medically assisted death, at a total cost savings of $62 million.
When a Supreme Court ruling first compelled the House of Commons to legalize medically assisted death in 2016, the resulting legislation strictly reserved euthanasia only to those whose death was “reasonably foreseeable.”Article content
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