Persuasive Essay Euthanasia

86% of the public in the world support euthanasia on the terminally ill because they know how much these people suffer and the families don’t like seeing their loved ones suffer. According to rita marker, JD, executive director, and kathi Hamlon, policy analyst “Drugs for assisted suicide cost about $75 to $100, making them far less expensive than providing medical care.” the government should allow physician assisted suicide because most patients are so sick they just want to accelerate the process, it's cheaper to make euthanasia than keeping people on life support and the government has no say in whether or not terminally ill patients have a right to die at their own will.

First of all, patients have the right to die because if they’re so sick to the point they’ll just die in a few weeks and don’t want to suffer. Why does the government allow these people to suffer till they die?

To keep someone on life support it cost around $1,500 a day and most people don’t want that kind of debt on their family and to make euthanasia it cost around $75 to $100. Most people would rather choose euthanasia just because it’s cheaper and they know that they aren’t going to heal from their illness. According to a writer for cbs news” In 2008 it cost medicare over $50 billion dollars just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients lives.” Also according to dr. Ira Byock form the intensive care unit at dartmouth hitchcock medical center stated” This is the way many americans die. Something like 18 to 20 percent of americans spend their last days in ICU. for them, it’s extremely expensive and uncomfortable. So for most patients that either don’t have health insurance or their insurance doesn’t cover all of the cost it’s would be extremely expensive to cover the cost so most families would much rather their loved one die pain-free rather than uncomfortable and