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Assisted suicide and how insurers should embrace it

Posted on August 13, 2008

Outrage over an insurance plan offering assisted suicide as an option to a patient:In July, the Oregon Health Plan injudiciously sent a letter to lung-cancer patient Barbara Wagner denying coverage for the expensive chemotherapy her doctor had recommended, and offering instead to cover palliative care including doctor-assisted suicide. If health insurers were serious about embracing assisted suicide, DrRich has some tongue-in-cheek tips for them.The last suggestion is a microcosm of how screwed up the physician payment system is:Make physician-assisted suicide legal, but not reimbursable.You...

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