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Laura · #1 (**permalink**) 07-28-08, 09:20 PM

Oregon Offers Terminal Patients Doctor-Assisted Suicide Instead of Medical Care
Monday, July 28, 2008
By Dan Springer
Fox News

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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.
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"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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"It's chilling when you think about it," said Dr. William Toffler, a professor of family medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. "It absolutely conveys to the patient that continued living isn't worthwhile."

Full story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,392962,00.html

Jason Longwith · #2 (**permalink**) 07-29-08, 08:54 AM

I heard about this on the radio this morning. The host who was mentioning this story said the first thing that came to his mind was that this is what you get with government run health care. As scary as it sounds, he is absolutely right.