First, I predicted it in Forced Exit. Then, it happened. And now, it has happened again: An very ill Oregon man has been denied treatment under Medicaid in Oregon to fight his prostate cancer—but has been told that the state will happily pay for his assisted suicide. From the story:
Since the spread of his prostate cancer, 53-year-old Randy Stroup of Dexter, Ore., has been in a fight for his life. Uninsured and unable to pay for expensive chemotherapy, he applied to Oregon’s state-run health plan for help.And now the oozing compassssssiooonnnnnn of assisted suicide is revealed to all. And the same agenda is at the root of Futile Care Theory. When life gets tough, it is time for the ill to get going onto whatever comes next.
Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA), which administers the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County, responded to Stroup’s request with a letter saying the state would not cover Stroup’s pricey treatment, but would pay for the cost of physician-assisted suicide. “It dropped my chin to the floor,” Stroup told FOX News. “[How could they] not pay for medication that would help my life, and yet offer to pay to end my life?”
The letter, which has been sent to other terminal patients throughout Oregon, follows guidelines established by the state legislature.
Reminds me of the old writing exercise I recall from grade school called The Lady or the Tiger. The set up was that a petitioner for the hand of the princess was put in an arena by a cruel king. There were two doors: Behind one was a tiger who would kill the would be lover. Behind the other was the princess. We then were to fill in what happened. (As I recall, the boys all had the tiger picked, and the girls, the princess.)
But for the poor in Oregon, there is a tiger behind both doors.
