Another Assisted Suicide Abuse in Oregon: No Money to Help Live--Will Pay to Make Dead
First, I predicted it in Forced Exit. Then, it happened. And now, it has happened again: An very ill Oregon man has been denied treatment under Medicaid in Oregon to fight his prostate cancer--but has been told that the state will happily pay for his assisted suicide. From the story:
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.And now the oozing compassssssiooonnnnnn of assisted suicide is revealed to all. And the same agenda is at the root of Futile Care Theory. When life gets tough, it is time for the ill to get going onto whatever comes next.
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?"
The letter, which has been sent to other terminal patients throughout Oregon, follows guidelines established by the state legislature.
Reminds me of the old writing exercise I recall from grade school called The Lady or the Tiger. The set up was that a petitioner for the hand of the princess was put in an arena by a cruel king. There were two doors: Behind one was a tiger who would kill the would be lover. Behind the other was the princess. We then were to fill in what happened. (As I recall, the boys all had the tiger picked, and the girls, the princess.)
But for the poor in Oregon, there is a tiger behind both doors.
Labels: Not for Treatment., Oregon Assisted Suicide. Abuses. Medicaid Health Care Rationing. Pay for Assisted Suicide
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 8:51 AM
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5 Comments:
Check out The Oregonian newspaper for a reasonable response.
http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1217289319150190.xml&coll=7
No, the acceptable response is to stop rationing health care.
Yeah, took a couple of quick looks at that piece.. The use of "needy" in and of itself presents a, hm, not the right picture if one is speaking factually and showing respect.. It can be and is just one of those outdated labels..
And, yes, I do get it about trying to keep up with it all.. But.. "Needy" has been sitting on the p/c fence for many, MANY years.. I was writing "fluff piece" articles about our local Fill-A-Stocking organization in the late 90s and was questioning how to rephrase that very word to express respect even that long ago soooo.. :)
Anyway, digressing as usual.. There is a valid point to it somewhere in my Mind.. :wink:
Kudos from your rah-rah Team of One in Talking Rock.. :)
They're gonna have to find a way to re-word that letter. It's getting them bad press. The policy, I fear, they will never change.
Not to change the subject, but I think your school gave you a bowdlerized version of that story, Wesley: What was behind the other door was not _the_ princess (as I recall the real story) but rather a _different_ beautiful young woman. The princess had gotten word to the poor guy as to which door to pick, and the dramatic tension arose from the question of whether she would rather allow him to live in the arms (so to speak) of another woman or have him eaten by a tiger. Did she tell him the right door to pick, given that the right door had a different girl behind it? (I apologize for being pedantic. Please return to regular programming.)
Lydia: Right you are. It's been a long time.
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