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> There's no significant savings to be found by killing the terminally ill more quickly

...Uh...

"Summary table 1 presents the net financial impact of providing MAID in 2021, under the current legislation as set out in bill C-14, which is used as a baseline for the cost estimate. The predicted gross reduction in health care costs amounts to $109.2 million while the cost of administering MAID is estimated at $22.3 million. Thus, the difference between the two represents a net cost reduction for provincial governments of $86.9 million."

-COST ESTIMATE FOR BILL C-7 “MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING”, 2021, https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.893653/publication.htm...

It's small in the scheme of healthcare budgets, but it's a stretch to call it not significant.



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