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[–]mo-ming-qi-miao 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

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US, 2008: Palin's a kook! "Death Panels"?!

Canada, 20202: Medically assisted deaths could save millions in health care spending: Across Canada, journal calculates up to $136.8 M in savings

First off, Canada is not the USA, US Obamacare has nothing to do with Canadian policy

Second, not even remotely the same thing. The 'Death Panels' were supposedly going to be panels of government people who would decide whether or not to authorize life-saving treatment (which never happened by the way, insurance companies and medicare make the same decisions the same way). This has absolutely nothing to do with Dr. assisted suicide for people who want to end their own lives.

The government deciding whether or not you have the right to live is a far cry from a person having the right to decide they want to die in a humane fashion.

This is belligerently stupid counterfactual propaganda on multiple levels, and Sarah Palin is bordering on mental retardation

[–]mo-ming-qi-miao 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Try thinking on the meta level instead of the object level. In 2008 North America the idea of government-run euthanasia was far beyond the pale, with even "Death with Dignity" advocates only proposing it as an optional for people suffering from terminal cancers and other edge cases. Now 14 years later the Canadian government is euthanizing people for "hearing loss". This is a definite cultural shift that should be remarked upon.