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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by unsupp0rted on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:28PM (#36508804)
To be fair, those euthanasia programs are only used when someone is either terminally ill or is a healthy-ish 31-year-old who can’t afford housing.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/assisted-s...

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by goatsi on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:19PM (#36511244)
The person in the article applied because of health problems.

>Denise said she hasn’t cancelled her MAID application because she still suffers from painful chronic health problems that haven’t been properly handled.

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by unsupp0rted on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:20PM (#36512016)
She's not going around doing cartwheels, but in a civilized country she wouldn't be applying for medically assisted dying. Her health problems are, at least arguably, manageable in fairly straightforward ways via a rational medical system.

She'll never have healthy-millionaire quality of life, but this isn't what medically-assisted dying is meant for.

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by goatsi on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:59PM (#36512510)
In this case what she recognized as the treatment is managed by something other than the medical system. I would assume this is the same in other places, unless doctors in Europe can write prescriptions for apartments.
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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by kneebonian on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:56PM (#36511737)
Don't forget the veterans who've asked for ramps.

"Canada Veteran Affair's department: Finishing what the enemy started!"

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by TurkishPoptart on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:32PM (#36512187)
Holy shit. Financial reasons should not be a factor in choosing to end one's life. WTF Canada?
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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by sampo on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:55PM (#36512456)
"Canada prepares to expand its euthanasia law to include those with mental illness"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64004329

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by brewdad on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @10:18PM (#36515556)
At least in Canada they won't be milking the estate for the cost of the euthanasia.
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