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Under 1,000 Patients a Year May opt for Assisted Dying
Ageing populations within the developed world are putting pressure on their healthcare systems.
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People over 50 consume over seven times as much health care as people in their 20s and 30s, and they take more and more resources from the rest of society.
Getting old is very expensive for the state and the economy, and it leads to more states taxing their population to pay for the care of the sick.
It’s led to a more significant tax burden on the population starting to contribute to support for assisted dying bills, with Canada being the most recent nation to implement this kind of legislation in 2016.
In the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament (MP) put forward an independent legislation bill to Parliament to vote on in which she believes that nearly 1,000 patients per year will opt for assisted death.
The measure is meant for people who have six months to live, but if it’s passed, the legislation would most likely be expanded from when implanted. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is proposing the law to the House of Commons.
UK MPs will participate in an initial debate and vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on 29 November.
If the bill passes, it will be subject to further scrutiny from the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which could last around six months.
