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gamblor956 | 6 hours ago

...because her spouse made an urgent request for MAiD and her spouse had medical POA...

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zdragnar|5 hours ago

The problem isn't that the urgent request went through, it's that she requested hospice or palliative care and was denied. And, let's be honest, POA should not be sufficient to euthanize a person who is awake, aware, and revoked consent.

"Do no harm" has been replaced with "put them down if it's cheaper and we can get away with it"

whatshisface|3 hours ago

Who's involved that wants it to be less expensive? Surely the doctors don't care. In the US everyone wants it to be more expensive.

henry_bone|5 hours ago

Oh, well good then.

Spivak|4 hours ago

I think the point was this specific case is to most people probably murder.