Oregon Health Plan Denies Chemo Medicine- Assisted Suicide Offered Instead

Posted by John Willis on August 20, 2009 in News, Video |

This video is from last year. It’s a report by KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon, but it gives us a look at what we have to look forward to.

After weeks of bad news, things turned Barbara Wagners way this week.

Last month her lung cancer, in remission for about two years, was back. After her oncologist prescribed a cancer drug that could slow the cancer growth and extend her life, Wagner was notified that the Oregon Health Plan wouldn’t cover it.

It would cover comfort and care, including, if she chose, doctor-assisted suicide



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