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just--questions t1_j4z0yfa wrote

I agree, I just don’t share the optimism that it wouldn’t become an issue in the USA. Just because they don’t usually say the “kill yourself” part out loud here doesn’t mean our system doesn’t have other ways of encouraging it (like underfunding resources for vets). If MAiD expanded beyond terminal illnesses in the USA, then what would happen when a vet needs treatment for chronic pain or PTSD and there’s a 6 month wait at the VA hospital, but MAiD only has a 3 month wait?

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