This study explores the potential economic savings from expanding medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canada, where it is currently a leading cause of death, to include vulnerable groups that cost the government more than they contribute in taxes. These groups include individuals with severe mental health issues, the homeless, drug users, retired elderly, and indigenous communities.

Both voluntary and non-voluntary scenarios were analyzed, projecting total savings of up to CAD $1.273 trillion by 2047. With an estimated 2.6 million deaths in the voluntary scenario, mostly among mentally ill and elderly populations, this cost-saving measure raises significant ethical concerns.

Financially incentivizing MAiD could shift healthcare priorities away from providing necessary support, potentially devaluing vulnerable lives and fostering a troubling reliance on assisted death as an economic solution.

There are many approaches to cutting Canada’s health care costs and improving efficiency such as reducing redundancy and using open source software (Peplinski & Pearce, 2023), however, several analysts have proposed killing patients as a cost saving measure. Smith suggested that the legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) not only alleviates the suffering of terminally ill individuals, but also conserves medical resources and federal funds (W. M. Smith, 2017).

The total number of potential MAiD deaths, if vulnerable populations were allowed to opt for it, amounts to 16,692,205 by 2047

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00302228251323299

 

YES – you read the above correctly. The Canadian Government is evaluating the expansion of their MAID program as a way to reduce their overall fiscal defecit. This program would result in ~17 MILLION MAID recipients by 2047 (including 9M retired elderly collecting CPP & OAS no doubt)! The study breaks down the cost / benefit analyis and suggests implementation will start with Mental Health issues (2027).  Don’t take my word for it — read it for yourself……..and then advise your family what your Canadian government has planned for you!