Oregon’s wonderful experiment in getting rid of those it finds useless continues:
Lung cancer patient, Barbara Wagner, was recently notified that her oncologist-prescribed medication that would slow the growth of cancer would not be covered by the Oregon Health Plan; the plan, however, she was informed, would cover doctor-assisted suicide should she wish to kill herself.
“Treatment of advanced cancer that is meant to prolong life, or change the course of this disease, is not a covered benefit of the Oregon Health Plan,” read the letter notifying Wagner of the health plan’s decision.
Wagner says she was shocked by the decision. “To say to someone, we’ll pay for you to die, but not pay for you to live, it’s cruel,” she said. “I get angry. Who do they think they are?”
Oh yes – Oregon will always pay for the drugs to kill you.
Wesley J. Smith, a prominent conservative bioethicist, says that he was not surprised by the events.
“We have been warning for years that this was a possibility in Oregon. Medicaid is rationed, meaning that some treatments are not covered. But assisted suicide is always covered. And now, Barbara Wagner was faced with that very scenario.”
Fortunzately for this woman some help is on offer:
This past Monday morning, however, Wagner had reason to rejoice. A representative from the company that manufactures the treatment called the cancer patient to say they would give her the medication for free.
Colorado Right 
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They will give her the medication for free, as to kill the much needed publicity drwawn to the state of waste that the pharmacutical industry coupled with the corrupt and negligent medi-care / medical industrys!
Presently I’m an independent registered voter, but given half of one good reason I’ll register Republican.
I? Catholic, pro-life, longtime member of the N.R.A & a seriously WIA Viet-Nam veteran. At 70 I’m a tad over the hill in years & therefore barely worth keeping.