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Canadian study: assisted suicide saves health-care spending
January 19, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: A new report published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests that assisted suicide will reduce the nation’s health-care spending.
The study claims that the costs associated with offering assisted suicide will be offset by anywhere between $34.7 and $136.8 million in savings—that is, that the health-care system can save money by eliminating sick and elderly people rather than caring for them.
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