Economic Aspect of Euthanasia

“Time to die” is what some people say when they think about their life coming to an end. Why would someone want to end their life when they could have so much more time with their friends and family? The question varies for everyone but one major aspect that considers to be an issue is finances in every family.  

Patients that are in hospitals and consider euthanasia have a different mentality when it comes to wanting to die to help their family. Being hospitalized can cost families thousands of dollars, it can put families in depth and make it harder for them to pay for health care. Obviously no one wants to be a burden for their family and so they turn to the idea of euthanasia.

Different types of reasons a patient would consider euthanasia is:

·         Hospital bills are less expensive

·         People don’t have money to pay for their families to stay at a hospital which puts the family in depth.

·         Patient that wants to pass away think they take up room in the hospital and want doctors focus on different patients.

     When one person decides that they want to die they usually don’t change their mind and it makes it harder on family members because no family would want their loved ones to die. The annual cost for a person to stay at a hospital average around $30,000-40,000 thousand dollars but for the drug to commit assisted suicide can average from $30.00-40.00.

     The issue of euthanasia still remains a hot topic today which rises the issues is it right or is it wrong? Some might think that its right because its less stress for the families but some wouldn’t even consider it because family means to much to them. Some people might argue that it’s considered to be murder and inhumane, it all depends on the person and their perspective of the topic. 

http://www.life.org.nz/euthanasia/euthanasiapoliticalkeyissues/economics/