I admit I have seen far too many X-Files programs. But, here's a conspiracy theory I hadn't thought of before. A friend told me of it. I did some research and found some disturbing information.
In states where Physician Assisted Suicide is legal, HMO's actively seek out doctors who will kill you so they make more money, that's just like the Sopranos.
In Europe where there is government financed health care the effort to save the taxpayer dollar is even more overt. 25% of deaths in nursing homes, hospice and hospitals were docs killing patients.
That's what the Culture of Death has led us to. Slippery that slope.
Here are some exerpts:
Others fear that HMOs, motivated by their financial bottom line rather than compassion, will become dangerous advocates for PAS, forcing doctors and patients to make choices they wouldn't otherwise. In Oregon, for example, the assisted suicide law prohibits anyone to "coerce" or use "undue influence" to produce a request for assisted suicide. However, according to the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, "...there is absolutely nothing in the Oregon law to prevent HMOs, managed care companies, doctors or anyone else from suggesting, encouraging, offering, or bringing up assisted suicide with a patient who has not asked about it."
Since HMOs make money by cutting costs," he wrote, "and it could cost $40,000 (or more) to provide suicidal patients with proper care so that they don't want assisted suicide, the economic force of gravity is obvious."
He went on to explain that in Oregon, Kaiser-Permanente, the largest not-for-profit HMO in the United States, sought out physicians who were willing to perform PAS. "Kaiser isn't merely permitting doctors to assist in patient suicides," he wrote, "it is actively soliciting its doctors to participate in the deadly practice."
Read the whole thing: http://www.kqed.org/topics/news/perspectives/youdecide/pop/suicide/2yes.html
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