Obamacare Covertly Supports Physician Assisted Suicide

Some experts are taking a closer look at afew interesting clauses in Obamacare legislation, such as secretabortion surcharges and assisted suicide.  There has not been a lot of media coverageon Obamacare’s support for physician-assisted suicide. Four states across thenation legally allow physician assisted suicide. In Montana, physician assistedsuicide can only be mandated by a court order. However, in Vermont, Washington,and Oregon, the distribution of life-ending drugs is left up to the patient anddoctor providing treatment. 

In section 1553 of the Obamacare legislation, if a doctor refuses to assist his terminally ill patient by administering life-endingdrugs, federal law protects the doctor. This protection is offered to doctorswho may be subject to lawsuits brought by insurance companies because thedoctor continued medical treatment despite the patients desire to end his life. In addition, a doctor can preserve their beliefs on the subject of physician-assistedsuicide with the protection offered by the legislation. 

“While this section is likely a relief to many opposed to assisted suicide, at the same time it’s also disturbing. The section essentially accepts that the norm is for doctors to prescribe lethal doses of a medication for a patient if he asks for it.”

See Michael Cahill, Obamacare’s Covert Support of Assisted Suicide, JillStanek.com, Jul. 24, 2013.