Civil Beat – Assisted Suicide Bill

Medical Aid In Dying: ‘The Political Risk Is Not Passing It’

Danger of this bill.

Among other things,

1. We may want to understand why these people try to implement as law, even if it has been privately practiced among the patient families.

2. What do they want to gain?
Simply money, saving money, in the name of death with dignity.

3. Do you think they care about dying people’s wish? We may need to check their emotional health.

4. Who may be the most vulnerable people?
E.g. Medicaid and private insurance patients with chronic or terminal illness, with no family, who may have been under long term care.

5. What are the possibilities of intentional killing (e.g. by the people with conflict of interest) in the name of assisted suicide?

6. Although there may seem enough vetting process, all those pre-requirements can still be forged, including patient’s voice, esp. if patient is single and does not have any close relatives.

If you still want to pass the bill, come up with 100% safeguard against possible conflict of interest, since we don’t want to have even one mistake.

Aloha.