I know this has been discussed before, but I couldn't pass up sharing thsi with the board.

If.yiu had to guess what caused more deaths- assisted suicide in Canada or gun violence in america, what would you guess?

https://tbecketadams.substack.com/p/where-does-sarah-palin-go-for-her

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In 2009, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin created a sensation when she claimed that government-run healthcare would inevitably lead to the creation of bureaucratic boards responsible for deciding who should and shouldn't receive treatment.

It's from this charge that we got the term "death panel," which became a near constant reference during the congressional debate over the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Palin was called a loon and a crank.

Fifteen years after Palin's remark, disability advocate Krista Carr testified before members of the Canadian parliament that her organization receives weekly reports of medical assistance in dying (MAID) services being suggested unprompted to disabled individuals during routine, non-terminal care visits.

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In 2023, there were approximately 15,500 MAID suicides.

To put things into perspective, 2023's recorded figure gives us a per capita rate of 37 MAID suicides per 100,000 people. During the same year, the United States reported 17,927 firearm homicides, resulting in a per capita rate of five gun-related murders per 100,000 people.

Even if you combine 2023's firearm homicides with all other gun-related deaths from that year, including suicides (27,300), law enforcement-related shootings (604), accidental shooting deaths (463), and what the CDC calls "undetermined circumstances" (434), that gives us a rate of only 13.7 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people, compared to Canada's rate of 37 MAID suicides per 100,000.

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The article goes on to tell about Canada's Healthcare system offering suicide as an alternative to things like wheelchair ramps or as an alternative to requested home care.

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If you think this is bad, know it will get much worse, especially as Canada prepares to broaden its already generous MAID qualifications to include people with mental health problems. This is in addition to separate proposals to make MAID suicide services available to "mature minors," that is, patients under the age of 18 who are "found to have the requisite decision-making capacity," as well as infants under one year old in cases of "severe deformities."

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Next time one of you leftist come around here and suggest universal health care, just pull this article back up and see where it goes

This is nothing more than cost cutting in UHC. Canadians proud of their "free" healthcare should feel ashamed at the cost in other people's lives

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If you think this is bad, know it will get much worse, especially as Canada prepares to broaden its already generous MAID qualifications to include people with mental health problems. This is in addition to separate proposals to make MAID suicide services available to "mature minors," that is, patients under the age of 18 who are "found to have the requisite decision-making capacity," as well as infants under one year old in cases of "severe deformities."

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They are mature enough to kill themselves, but God forbid if they want to buy some smokes. The pretzel logic that libtards have to use on a daily basis is insane!!!!

example 1,234,567 of liberalism being a mental disorder that brings destruction and or death. or both.

Queso1 said:

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I don't have an opinion on this. I fortunately haven't been diagnosed yet with a painfully fatal disease.

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Or just a disability??? Did you read this?

"Fifteen years after Palin's remark, disability advocate Krista Carr testified before members of the Canadian parliament that her organization receives weekly reports of medical assistance in dying (MAID) services being suggested unprompted to disabled individuals during routine, non-terminal care visits."