ENDNOTE: Conflict of interest in “medical care”

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/death_panels_in_oregon.html

August 11, 2009
‘Death Panels’ in Oregon?
Ethel C. Fenig

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But a 1998 study from Georgetown University’s Center for Clinical Bioethics found a strong link between cost-cutting pressures on physicians and their willingness to prescribe lethal drugs to patients — were it legal to do so.

The study warns that there must be “a sobering degree of caution in legalizing [assisted death] in a medical care environment that is characterized by increasing pressure on physicians to control the cost of care.”

Cancer drugs can cost anywhere from $3,000 to $6,000 a month. The cost of lethal medication, on the other hand, is about $35 to $50.

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[JR: The Pope has warned us about the culture of death”. This supposed “healthcare reform”, “health insurance reform”, “health reform”, or whatever the media is trying to call it this week is a full scale reengineering of 20% of the economy. And, we are going to be stuck with the mess they leave behind. We are going to have to pay abortions and euthanasia. And, pay through the nose.]

http://www1.va.gov/pugetsound/docs/ylyc.pdf

[JR: Your Life – Your Choice” dealing with end of life decisions for Veterans from the caring and compassionate Veterans Administration. Vets joke that the VA is trying to kill them. We can expect the same from Obamacare!]

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