notablyunfamous t1_jacg4qc wrote
And like in Canada they’ll soon start pressuring patients to kill themselves to save money.
gaysagainsthumanity t1_jacp47a wrote
Except we don’t have free healthcare and keeping people sick makes money. Killing them doesn’t save money?
notablyunfamous t1_jacv3j0 wrote
Except there’s no such thing as free healthcare. Drugs and supplies cost money. Doctors get paid, bills are paid. “Free” isn’t real. It’s paid for in taxes. The providers are still getting paid with the same “incentives” claimed for the US system. It’s just that they don’t see a bill in the mail, they pay it every pay period whether they’re sick or not.
5Dprairiedog t1_jaes2aq wrote
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry earned $550 billion in profit in 2021. Insurance companies make billions in proits every year too. Health insurance companies make record profits as costs soar in US
notablyunfamous t1_jaesugr wrote
And?
5Dprairiedog t1_jaevits wrote
And....dead people don't make drug companies or insurance companies profit. Scroll up for context lol
And when people say "free" they mean there is no direct expense. Like no shit taxes go to fund things. Everything costs money because we have designed it that way. Making record profits for shareholders while a majority of bankruptcies in the US are due to medical bills is immoral. Focus on that instead.
notablyunfamous t1_jaexoqc wrote
I know what people mean, but they don’t often consider it.. especially young people. And yes, it’s plenty profitable because there’s 7 almost 8 billion people. Everyone dies. There’s always money to be made and saved. You’re thinking too shallow and short term.
notablyunfamous t1_jacp8ei wrote
Insurance companies will incentivize hospitals to do this.
EarthExile t1_jae994s wrote
Why? It's more expensive, meaning more profitable, to keep people "alive" as long as possible
buried_lede t1_jae2vvv wrote
Down voted because … everyone knows insurance companies in the US are sooo altruistic. /s. Oh, my Medicare advantage plan doesn’t push this, they just stop paying! They just yank any more hospice care. We would never oppose anyone choosing not to die!
Buuuddd t1_jacumyi wrote
It makes sense to encourage otherwise healthy people to take their treatment. Then when CPR wouldn't really make sense to ever do, to encourage to change to DNR. Then when physical and mental extreme suffering is inevitable, to encourage physician-assisted suicide.
buried_lede t1_jae4o6d wrote
Connecticut voters will happily hop and skip to their legislators to show their support for this law, forgetting, as always, a seemingly enlightened idea is never implemented consistently and will only be as humane and enlightened as the people involved in caring for someone terminally ill. Reality should always be considered when we do this stuff.
Buuuddd t1_jaehqe3 wrote
I trust medical science. Medicine's likely the most researched topic on the planet, and there are lawsuits for malpractice all the time.
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