a. Government have to make assisted dying legal as it's illegal at present.
b. Without government the option would only be available to those who can afford it ie commercial for-profit.
Ian
Assisted Dying, Yes or No?
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b. Without government the option would only be available to those who can afford it ie commercial for-profit.
Ian
farfromtheland
Regular AND Goofy
< I posted on this previously on the previous page.
C R
Guru
Strawman.
farfromtheland
Regular AND Goofy
C R
Guru
The cost saving argument is made up by those opposing the bill, no one backing the bill has talked about it being good for reducing NHS or other costs.
farfromtheland
Regular AND Goofy
Thanks for the answer.
But they wouldn't say that would they?
We do.
Disability News Service
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com › this-bill-opens-the-door-to-scandal-abuse-and-injustice-disabled-activists-say-after-assisted-dying-bill-vote
This bill opens the door to scandal, abuse and injustice, disabled ...
3 days ago: Before the vote, supporters of Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and Not Dead Yet UK (NDY UK) held up traffic in front of the House of Commons with a last-minute direct action (pictured), accompanied by chants of "we are not… dead yet".
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Sorry I don't follow every detail of what every individual has said over many pages of posts.
And I have better things to do than search back through your posts.
Of course you could have been helpful and replied eg "As I commented before I consider ..." but ... you didn't.
Ian
First Aspect
Senior Member
Private health care is already a thing.
Re: Costs of Assisted Dying
Ignoring any cost savings (hospital care, primary and community care, hospice, medicines and other care costs that someone choosing an assisted death would not need) costs for the service estimated by Parliament Impact Assesment at £10m per year.
Starmer has just announced we're going to be buying 12 F-35A and close on £1bn (add in ongoing costs on top of that). Government is providing £30m supporting the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Starmer's climbdown over disability benefit cuts is going to mean finding £3bn, NHS budgets are being increased by £29 billion per year. In the scale of Government expenditure the costs Streeting and others are raising are trivial.
Ian
Ignoring any cost savings (hospital care, primary and community care, hospice, medicines and other care costs that someone choosing an assisted death would not need) costs for the service estimated by Parliament Impact Assesment at £10m per year.
Starmer has just announced we're going to be buying 12 F-35A and close on £1bn (add in ongoing costs on top of that). Government is providing £30m supporting the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Starmer's climbdown over disability benefit cuts is going to mean finding £3bn, NHS budgets are being increased by £29 billion per year. In the scale of Government expenditure the costs Streeting and others are raising are trivial.
Ian
First Aspect
Senior Member
I did read this. It is a barrage of unrelated points, with the argument about eating disorders still being raised. Which is a non issue. Somehow n activist has linked assisted dying not only to welfare cuts (the argument being that disabled welfare is being cut to fund it) but to education cuts. It has also been tied in some way that I can't fathom, to one or more of race, gender and socio-economic status.
Thanks for posting it though.
