Canadian Health Care Refused to Pay for Disabled Father's Care, Happily Paid for Assisted Suicide

PJ Media ^ | 08/16/2019 | John Ellis

[SeekAndFind]

The well-known platitude "but for the grace of God go I" played in my brain while reading the tragic story of a disabled Canadian father who chose to end his own life, leaving behind an 11-year-old son. It would be easy to judge Sean Tagert, who was diagnosed with ALS six years ago. Do I believe he made the wrong choice? Sure. But I wasn't the one who was struggling to pay for my health care after losing my ability to breath on my own or feed myself. I'm not the one living under Canada's health care system that was more than happy to pay for my suicide but not the care I needed. So, yes, I disagree with Tagert's "choice" and mourn the loss of his life, but I blame Canada and their "touted" socialized medicine.

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s what death panels do.

[be-baw]

May he rest in peace.

If I were in his shoes, I may very well have done the same thing. I’ve had a number of pretty serious health issues over the last 3 years, and I’m not a big fan of pain and suffering. At some point, life no longer is worth living.

[Red Badger]

Of course. It’s cheaper.................

[chris37]

Government compassion errs on the side of killing you.

Something those wishing for government to take care of them should consider for a long time.

[rktman]

We should model our universal health care system after Canaduh or those found in the ‘yewwwwww’. Right? NOT!

[MayflowerMadam]

Coming to an American city near you if the Rats have their way.

[House Atreides]

“...Vancouver Coastal Health offered him 15.5 hours of home care... but not the 24-hour care he needed...”
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Hmmmm... sounds kinda like the schedule the federal jail in the Southern District of New York had for watching Jeffrey Epstein. I wonder what the intended result was of those two schedules.

[bgill]

That’s what the demonrats want for the US.

[Phlap]

In Canada, abortion and suicide are the law of the land but not the death penalty. There is something radically wrong with this picture. Just sayin.

[Phlap]

And don’t get me wrong. I oppose all three.

[FreedomNotSafety]

The question is one of who pays. If he were in the US what would have happened? Perhaps if he had private health insurance they would have paid for care so long as the premiums where paid after he could no longer pay. But more then likely he would have eventually lost that coverage, if he ever had it.

Then what? Who pays for his care when there is no insurance? Most likely he goes onto Medicaid or Medicare after bankrupting himself first. At that point should he get unlimited care regardless of costs? Is the implication that the US would have somehow provided care regardless of the costs verses Canada forcing a hard choice?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Is the implication that the US would have somehow provided care regardless of the costs verses Canada forcing a hard choice?

I’m sure there are lots of people here in the USA who have/had similar cases. I am not privy to what the USA does to these people, but I am quite certain that euthanasia is not one of them ( unless you live in Oregon ).

[I want the USA back]

Getting rid of old Whiteys so their replacements can stream in and replace them.

[Cyclops08]

The Historical Basis for Democrats desire to control health care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBZsTf6oLfY

[lowbridge]

Bump

[Brilliant]

Government provided healthcare is genocide.

[Alberta's Child]

I’m not a fan of Canadian-style health care but this isn’t a very good example of its flaws. When you are dealing with a debilitating and incurable medical condition that requires an ever-increasing level of mechanical life support, you are ALWAYS going to reach the point where SOMEONE will have to make decisions about the cost of the treatment vs. its effectiveness.

Without a modern third-party health care system, patients like this poor guy would have died a “natural” death years ago. That’s why you never read stories like this involving Amish people.

[Sam Gamgee]

You have no recourse legally in Canada. Some one I know lost their child at birth in a hospital here. The baby appeared to be in trauma and the residing student nurse made the call that everything was okay - without consulting a senior physician which is protocol. The poor man who went through this said he talked to a lawyer. The lawyer said the most he would ever get is $5000 in pain and suffering if they sued.

[Sam Gamgee]

Don’t know if I asked you this before, but an Albertan told me Alberta covers EVERYTHING. CPAP equipment for example is only covered by extended health here in BC, but I was told by someone that his CPAP machine was fully covered by Alberta healthcare.