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I mean the Canadian government highlighted the "cost savings" when they passed the legislation. https://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/web/default/files/Documents/Reports/R

by refurb 4y ago

I mean the Canadian government highlighted the "cost savings" when they passed the legislation. https://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/web/default/files/Documents/Reports/RP-2021-025-M/RP-2021-025-M_en.pdf https://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/web/default/files/Documents/Report... "The predicted gross reduction in health care costs amounts to $109.2 million while the cost of administering MAID is estimated at $22.3 million. Thus, the difference between the two represents a net cost reduction for provincial governments of $86.9 million."

sokoloff 4y ago
I’d expect (or at least hope) any piece of legislation with a significant cost component would have a projection of those costs included. There is a significant cost to providing care in the last year of a person’s life. It would seem opaque or “hiding something” if legislation around assisted suicide failed to discuss financials entirely.
- refurb 4y ago
  Not inferring the analysis was sinister. Just the incentives.
slavik81 4y ago
The Parliamentary Budget Office is independent and nonpartisan. It's literally their job to provide cost estimates for parliamentary proposals. They're designed to hold the governing party accountable for the financial implications of proposed legislation. It's perhaps also worth noting that with 38 million Canadians, you're talking about roughly $2 per person. I don't think that's a meaningful amount of money at the national level. Government spending on healthcare is roughly $8000 per person.