Cancer Patients Offered Doctor-Assisted Suicide Instead Of Medical Care

Some terminally ill patients in Oregon are being denied medical treatments that could prolong their life. Instead, the state is offering to pay for doctor-assisted suicides.

It’s a fact of life that the United States has run out of money and some Americans will become expendable — especially if ObamaCare is signed into law.

If you have elderly parents or family members, please save all the money you can to help pay for their treatments.

From FOX News:

Since the spread of his prostate cancer, 53-year-old Randy Stroup of Dexter, Ore., has been in a fight for his life. Uninsured and unable to pay for expensive chemotherapy, he applied to Oregon’s state-run health plan for help.

Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA), which administers the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County, responded to Stroup’s request with a letter saying the state would not cover Stroup’s pricey treatment, but would pay for the cost of physician-assisted suicide.

“It dropped my chin to the floor,” Stroup told FOX News. “[How could they] not pay for medication that would help my life, and yet offer to pay to end my life?” READ MORE…

http://myspace.com/latituded400 Shannon

Sandra you are wrong for not printing the whole story. I see now what people mean when they say their words were taken out of context. Basically the letter was offering to pay for hospice care. This means that they will do everything they can to keep the patient comfortable (providing pain medication, etc) but they will not provide life saving measures. They will pay for life saving measures if the patient is given a 5% chance to living more than 5 years. Clearly this is not the case in this man’s case. If he is so intent on living then why won’t he and his family pay for his own healthcare? I pay quite a bit of money in month for insurance. Hell I consider myself insurance broke. I don’t use the coverage because I’m healthy and I have neither the time nor desire to run to the doctor for every sneeze, cough, ache, etc. I do like my granny says and take cod liver oil every day and that works for me. Okay I went off on a tagent, at any rate, this is Oregon’s plan, not Obama’s. I’m neither for or against a National Healthcare plan. I am quite surprised that you aren’t for a National Healthcare Plan. Isn’t such the case with the National Health Service in England?
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you r funny. but only funny to yourself.
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get at her shannon!
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starr

g’head shannon!!!!!
The Divine Ms. K

Shannon, Sandra is not wrong for not printing the rest of the story. This is what she ALWAYS does – prints a half story and offers up her opinion, then blames Obama.

It’s status quo for her Obama post – we’ll just need to get used to it and make sure we read the entire story – especially those from Faux News.
Anna

Is assisted suicide still suicide and you’re going to Hell? I really don’t see anything wrong dying with a aittle dignity and sparing the family agony due to an inoperable illness.
Dhoward1913

Damn Shannon….u did that. In the words of Mint Condition…There’s Nothing Left to Say.
babysoft15

OMG Sandra you better try something else….ur Obama posts are getting TIRED and they aren’t driving traffic to ur site anymore…:) I’m so happy I decided to stop reading all of your Obama posts, for a minute I thought I was going to have to cut you off completely…then I realized I need the other non-sense you post far too much to leave!! Anywhoo….OBAMA 08!!
Lala11_7

Wow Sandra…

You finally did for me what few folks can do on the internet…

You posted a blog that took my breath away….

Because I thought even YOU would have a line you wouldn’t cross regarding your hatered of our President…and you know how and why his Mama died…and my own sister is going through the same hell battling breast cancer…and because we’re not rich…and because she’s not working…well…okay…

Wow…okay…freedom of speech…freedom of expression…I fully stand behind that…you gotta take the good with the bad…

Wow…

And thank you Shannon…what you said was OUTSTANDING…and based upon not emotions…but facts…

That doesn’t kill you…makes you stronger…
h0tsauce

WHAT ABOUT SOME ENTERTAINMENT NEWS!?!?!?!?!?!?

go head Shannon..
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

Shannon Says:

I am quite surprised that you aren’t for a National Healthcare Plan. Isn’t such the case with the National Health Service in England?

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Supposing this man is not ready to die? Suppose he’s not at that stage where hospice care is an option for him? Have you ever been inside a hospice center? The patients there are mostly bedridden and can no longer care for themselves. So what you’re saying is a diagnosis of cancer is an automatic death sentence and people no longer have the right to treatment? Let’s hope that you never get cancer. The Oregon plan is funded through the federal government — which last time I checked was run by Obama. I am not for nationalized health care because the government can’t even run Medicaid and Medicare!! I’m a nurse who has had to go into my OWN pocket for my patients because the government refused to pay for their care. The difference in London and Canada is that they police their borders better than the U.S. and they don’t have as many illegal immigrants to provide medical treatment for.
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

babysoft15 Says:
OMG Sandra you better try something else….ur Obama posts are getting TIRED and they aren’t driving traffic to ur site anymore…:)

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That’s funny that you’re worried about MY traffic when you’re not the owner of this blog. I tell you what, since you’re so concerned about my Obama posts, why don’t you go to another blog that’s more entertaining? I seriously don’t understand why the majority of you Kool-Aid drinkers are here complaining when nobody is keeping you here.
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Daisy

Supposing this man is not ready to die? Suppose he’s not at that stage where hospice care is an option for him?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^Then he finds a way to make it happen. This is NOT Pres. Obama’s fault. Oregon had this in place BEFORE he was elected. I still say there needs to be a way that people w/o ins. or who can only pay X amt should have access to fair and decent healthcare. The govt, private ins and doctors need to come together and find a way to make it happen where everybody wins in the end INCLUDING THE PATIENTS!
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SunnyPA

I could be wrong … but … I don’t think Medicare/Medicaid ever paid for life-saving treatments.

I have a cousin who would be dead if her family had depended on Medicaid. They had to take up a fund for treatment that medicaid wouldn’t pay. That was 15 years ago and she is absolutely fine now.

And, I had a best friend who died because Medicaid didn’t pay for necessary treatment (and neither would her family).

On a not-so-life threatening matter.

Many, many years ago, I was briefly on medicaid. I had a really bad tooth ache. The dentist said I should have a root canal to save the tooth especially with the location of the tooth (close to the front) but medicaid didn’t pay for that. They only paid for extractions. Out of pain, I ended up having the tooth pulled. Later, I had to pay $625 for an implant when I got a job and money.

Isn’t Oregon the only state that allows doctor-assisted suicide?
wiggy2272003

The difference in London and Canada is that they police their borders better than the U.S. and they don’t have as many illegal immigrants to provide medical treatment for.
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Have you ever been at the Canadian border. It is NOT policed. They are there waving at you friendly etc. Not sure about the UK’s but can’t imagine its much different. The immigrants, legal or illegal, all want and come to America. I can’t believe your reasoning for opposing a national health care is illegal immigrants and that medicare and medicaid(programs developed decades ago (before Obama) have problems. Maybe those programs need work but to deny what I believe to be a basic human right affordable healthcare to our citizens because other programs that arguably need an overhaul is not comprehendable. We need change and change doesn’t come with that type of pessimistic thinking Sandra. I know you’re jade because seeing the reality of the problems daily or weekly whatever but we gotta do something. Secondly to solve the problem of illegal immigrants overloading a national health care system how bout in order to qualify you have to be legal?
Lala11_7

I’m so TIRED of hearing about how we’re gonna pay for National Healthcare…

You know how we’re gonna pay for National Heathcare…by not pouring TRILLIONS of dollars into the private military complex…and stop pandering to private healthcare companies and the pharmaceutical beast…

So that means that all of Bush’s, Rove and Cheney’s friend’s welfare government checks will officially be CUT OFF!!!

I don’t have to choke on anybody’s kool-aid to know what’s wrong and how that wrong has DESTORYED millions of people in this country!!!
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

wiggy2272003 Says:

Have you ever been at the Canadian border. It is NOT policed.

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Yes I have been to the Canadian border and it is policed. They have a serious checkpoint between Canada and the U.S. I know because I was denied entry since I didn’t have ID. They search your car and everything. Healthcare will never be affordable if the U.S government is running it! It’s not affordable now if you have Medicare and Medicaid! They frequently deny even the most basic treatment! So I don’t know how you think covering every single human (legal or illegal) in the U.S. is going to be easy or free. If you don’t mind waiting months to get an MRI or an appointment for surgery then good luck to you.
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

@Lala11_7:
You mean like that $800 BILLION dollar stimulus package that Obama signed and that Biden now admits is a complete failure? You mean like the BILLONS that Obama will pour into the military budget so he can send an additional 50,000 troops to Afghanistan?
Daisy

Who said anything about it being easy or free?
Daisy

The program will cost $$ thats a given
SunnyPA

Don’t you have to have a passport now to travel to Canada?

Anyway, Canada’s healthcare facilities ranks considerably below the USA.

When that actress Natasha Richardson died, I read that if Canada had better health facilities she may have been saved.

Apparently (don’t know for sure), they don’t have medi-choppers in most of Canada and the only hospital that could have done the surgery was several hours away from the ski lodge.
wiggy2272003

@ Sandra, well of course at the legal checkpoints its policed like that as is ours. I am talking about the entire country border. if you want to get into Canada illegally it is very easy. I saw a special about it on Discovery channel.
Just went back and reread what I wrote and can’t see where I ever said it would be easy or free. Most anything good never is. Who said a national health care program would cover everyone for free? Family Contributions sliding scale or something like that I don’t know thats not my field but I am sure SOMETHING can be done instead of just ignoring the problem and pointing out potential problems and flaws.
http://myspace.com/latituded400 Shannon

@Sandra Rose

Yes I have been in hospice centers. I work in the Meidical Industry, although I’m not a clinician. As with any type of product you get what you pay for. Now there are those hospice centers that aren’t that great and there are those that are like 5 star hotels. Further, Hospice Care isn’t only relegated to a “hospice center” you can also receive hospice care in the hospital and at your own home.

I respect the fact that you are a nurse and it is evident that you are proud of such. I have one question though. Why aren’t you practicing as a Registered Nurse? What happened?

Regarding you having to pay out of your OWN pocket, I’m not too sure what happened in those instances. I do know if you don’t receive proper authorization for certain services or if you make a medical mistake, Medicare/Medicaid will not pay for treatment that was a direct result of that Medical Mistake. Again, without specifics I can’t speculate. Whatever the matter, it seems that you are quite upset about it.

Further, he may not be ready to die. Is this President Obama’s fault? Absolutely not. Why doesn’t he have coverage? Is he one of these citizens who never worked yet instead found ways to mooch of the system and got caught out there with no coverage? Why doesn’t his community and/or church rally around him? There are many hospitals that will treat you even if you don’t have insurance. They receive funding from the government for this! I don’t know the whole story and frankly I really I don’t care. What I do know is that this is not President Obama’s fault. If anything it’s Dubya’s fault because after all he was commander in chief for the past 8 years and he is a major reason why this country is in the financial turmoil that it is in. President Obama has not even been in office 6 months yet and you won’t even give him a chance. It is certainly your right to critisize every single thing he does but that just makes me wonder even more. It makes me wonder why you would choose to leave a Socialistic Country to come reside in a Capitalistic Society. You criticized the Queen of England and called her out because your mom feels she ignored you because of the color of your skin. Yet you come to America and criticize the leader in MY country! President Obama does not make all of these decisions. He’s got a team of people in his ear. Just like with Dubya, nothing has changed. He’s just the face of the office.
Charles

@21

LOL
wiggy2272003

Sandra as much as I love your site and debating with you and the fam, (would be boring if we were all in complete agreement about everything) I have to admit unless this is a persona you put on for you blog ie business you seem to be so unhappy and pessimistic . Life is good God is good and you should choose happiness.Seek out the good,focus on it and try to improve it. I say this with love and respect.

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