tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post3548790416232084722..comments2024-03-28T13:26:59.030-04:00Comments on Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Controling health care costs and legalizing assisted suicide in VermontAlex Schadenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-32334858857896936502011-01-25T15:37:16.481-05:002011-01-25T15:37:16.481-05:00Dear Bill:
I have no idea why you would suggest t...Dear Bill:<br /><br />I have no idea why you would suggest that I am refering to these letters to the paper as news.<br /><br />They are good letters and I agree with their contents.<br /><br />You can say there is no connection, except for the fact that legalizing assisted suicide will eventually save the Vermont health care system a lot of money.Alex Schadenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-80631479444478223442011-01-24T22:24:17.658-05:002011-01-24T22:24:17.658-05:00You are making quite a reach here, conflating &quo...You are making quite a reach here, conflating "information" in any newspaper's letters to the editor with something that paper published as news. Something that is real news, however, is that Arizona, too, has limited the health care procedures it will pay for, and that for want of state funded organ transplants, two patients there were left to die, and Arizona has no death with dignity law. My point is that these issues aren't really related, in Oregon, in Arizona, nor need they be in Vermont. Medical rationing in the US occurs in every state every day, but it is insurance companies who do it. So if you want to fight that issue, do it. But don't drag into it those of us who wish to seek death with dignity by our own choice if we end up needing that option. You too may need it some day. No one ever knows for sure until that day comes.Bill Pieperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967941222013139031noreply@blogger.com