If not on their own, with assistance.
Emanuel’s push for people to die at 75 is deeply connected to Obamacare,
which insists that care be rationed for the elderly – who, presumably,
must be encouraged to make the same “mature” decision about death
Emanuel has made. Emanuel pushes back against those attempting to
lengthen their own lives, castigating them as morally deficient:
...
Emanuel says he will stop having “colonoscopies and other
cancer-screening tests.” He wants flu shots stopped for the elderly, as
well.
But it’s not enough for Emanuel to feel that way. We all
must feel that way, and we must construct policy around that belief. He
believes that life-expectancy statistics should be ignored once they
move beyond 75 years old. And while he insists that he is not “saying
that those who want to live as long as possible are unethical or wrong,”
his entire article is premised on that belief. Otherwise, why
write it? And given the fact that Emanuel directs the Clinical Bioethics
Department at the National Institutes of Health, his opinion carries
weight.
Enough weight that the same day Emanuel’s piece published, a 21-member Institute of Medicine
panel announced that we need to revamp our end-of-life care. “The
current system is geared towards doing more, more, more, and that system
by definition is not necessarily consistent with what patients want,
and is also more costly,” said David M. Walker, former US comptroller
general and chairman of the panel. The panel also encouraged end-of-life
conversations with as many elderly folks as possible, and that costs
could be slashed by thinking about aging differently.
Here's an idea, you miserable little fascist: off yourself and stop eating resources. And make your parents stop getting flu shots and treatments and whatnot. You actually believe us serfs should be forced to this, force your own family to it IF YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN THIS.
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