Graham wrote:

> On 2021-05-01 4:07 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:

> > Well, considering that I'm young and healthy (knock on wood), yes
> > my intention is to forgo health insurance for now.Â* Clearly not a
> > long-term plan, but it's something.Â* It costs $150 annually for
> > teeth cleaning and x-rays, $100 every other 6 months for just a
> > cleaning.
> >
> > There is a local state-run doctor office that myself, my ex, and
> > daughter have been going to for years.Â* It's the only
> > doctor/pediatrician I've met that hasn't ****ed me off enough for
> > me to walk out on them.Â* I don't get along well with pushy foreign
> > doctors. They offer coverage based on a sliding income scale if
> > I'm in a pinch. Otherwise, I haven't truly been to a doctor in
> > years.
> >
> > Of course, nothing is perfect, but my point in my initial post
> > wasn't to spark a political debate (I saw that coming however),
> > but simply to state another side of things not being considered.Â*
> > Take for instance, the article below on Canadian health care
> > basically pushing people with rare diseases to commit suicide...
> > that's pretty sad.
> >
> > https://metrovoicenews.com/canadian-...home-health-ca
> > re-pays-for-assisted-suicide/
> And you believed that crap?
> FFS they were offering him plenty of care. It was HIS CHOICE to make
> use of the M.A.I.D. program that many with ALS choose to use before
> they get to the horrible end stage of that disease. And it's not a
> ****ing euphamism!! By the way, the Discovery Institute is a fundie
> creationist organisation that is naturally opposed to compassionate
> end of life options, among other things.

Americans often seem to think that euthanasia means you might be killed
against your will. It's another case where they are too stupid or
ignorant to see through the misinformation they receive from their
media.

We grant our pets euthanasia if all they can still expect from life is
suffering. Why not ourselves?

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