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Incentives are what matters. When a government has a healthcare system already in the red, there is a strong incentive to get rid of weak and ill people from a
by ekianjo 2y ago
Incentives are what matters. When a government has a healthcare system already in the red, there is a strong incentive to get rid of weak and ill people from a government standpoint under the pretext of helping terminally ill people to die. You can see that they have been expanding it to people who were not terminally ill. That says everything you need to know.
This is akin to "think of the children" excuse used to censor the web. But this time it actually kills people.
- vlovich123 2y agoIt’s one thing to be concerned about the problem, it’s another to try to weaponize anecdotes to achieve the aim instead of being intellectually honest and focusing on quantitative data. I’d argue that your position is the “think of the children” position which argues from a place of fear and anecdotes while infantilizing people and removing their autonomy over their own lives. As for incentives, the estimate is that MAID reduces annual spending by ~100 million. The government spends 300B a year on healthcare. You’re not going to get out of this by killing your patients, not to mention that you need productive members in your economy to create a tax base in the first place. I think you have an incorrect analysis of the incentives at play here.