Medical aid in dying should be an option for mentally capable, terminally ill Illinoisans.
Rep. Mary Edly-Allen, shown Nov. 7, 2019, in Mundelein, is one of the co-sponsors of the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. : As a family physician for over 22 years, I disagree with Dr. Kevin Garner, who is quoted in the article, that a physician should only “optimize health.” We also must reduce suffering, especially for patients with incurable, terminal illnesses.
In addition, according to the data, 91% of these dying patients were enrolled in relatively inexpensive hospice care covered by Medicare and Medicaid to manage their symptoms only, so they discontinued expensive, futile curative treatment. No federal insurance programs, including Medicare, the federal share of Medicaid or Tricare, cover medical aid in dying; only some private insurance companies do.
Durbin cites the airports of Dallas, Atlanta and Denver and their enormous expansions, including the ability to accommodate larger aircraft, and warns that if we don’t “meet the moment by also modernizing and expanding O’Hare … the airport will lose pace.”
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