http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/09/03/cbc-seems-excited-to-report-that-medically-assisted-deaths-could-save-millions-in-health-care-spending/
From the sound of this Canadian Broadcasting Corporation article, the CBC has been tasked with putting a “look how much you’ll save” spin on doctor-assisted suicide:
Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) ~ Dear @CBCNews : This is NOT the way to promote doctor assisted euthanasia.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/medically-assisted-death-could-save-millions-1.3947481
Justin Trudeau is in his fifties. He can lead by example and go first.
Byron York (@ByronYork) ~ Good God. From @CBC: 'Medically assisted deaths could save millions in health care spending: Report.'
The opening sentence sounds like they’re pitching a Labor Day sale at the local furniture store (emphasis ours):
New research suggests medically assisted dying could result in substantial savings across Canada’s health-care system.
Doctor-assisted death could reduce annual health-care spending across the country by between $34.7 million and $136.8 million, according to a report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday.
The savings exceedingly outweigh the estimated $1.5 to $14.8 million in direct costs associated with implementing medically assisted dying.
“The take-away point is that there may be some upfront costs associated with offering medical assisted dying to Canadians, but there may also be a reduction in spending elsewhere in the system and therefore offering medical assistance in dying to Canadians will not cost the health care system anything extra,” said Aaron Trachtenberg, an author of the report and a resident in internal medicine at the University of Calgary.
That’s just a tad Orwellian, and then some.
Joel Engel (@joelengel) ~ "This is a good start, but just think of how much money we can save if we offed everyone over 80."
"Eighty? Why not 70? Hell, 60."
"Say, have you ever seen Logan's Run?"
Then maybe draw the line at 50 — imagine the savings!
Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) ~ The CBC thinks it's great, Trudeau is going to save so much money when the feds euthanized all the expensive seniors and handicapped people. More money for the state broadcaster!
Garth Mullins (@garthmullins) ~ When they say the quiet part out loud.
Rejoice Evermore (@ChristFLFriends) ~ Americans who say Canada’s socialized medicine is better. This is what happens. Death Panels. You get what you deserve. You’re just savings to these kind of people.
Yeah, clo is a big fan of socialized medicine. In fact, she used to argue with me about how WONDERFUL medical care in Communist Cuba was - BWHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! What a pathetic joke. Just think, clo ... the warm, kind-hearted Canadians are now thinking about the financial benefits of putting down people like you ... ROTFLMAO! ... the Cubans would have fried your ass twenty years ago with a smile on their face.
Ginger (@AHandyGingerGal) ~ According to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Your doctors are working out how much $ would be saved, if they just killed you, instead of treating you. The media reports it like it’s a good thing.
http://cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/medically-assisted-death-could-save-millions-1.3947481
Next up we’re expecting a report about how doctor-assisted suicide will help ease climate change.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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