09-24-2015, 11:54 AM
Private health insurers have that right, of course. They refuse to cover a lot of different medications for all kinds of reasons.
Free market - people can switch health insurers if they get that letter and strongly support (or anticipate needing) such death-inducing medications.
But, the bigger concern is in the opposite direction; that insurance companies won't want to pay for very expensive drugs to treat terminal patients and instead suggest physician-assisted death medications. Like what happened in Oregon. Ref: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5517492&page=1
Thus, the safeguards against such practices in the California bill.
Free market - people can switch health insurers if they get that letter and strongly support (or anticipate needing) such death-inducing medications.
But, the bigger concern is in the opposite direction; that insurance companies won't want to pay for very expensive drugs to treat terminal patients and instead suggest physician-assisted death medications. Like what happened in Oregon. Ref: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5517492&page=1
Thus, the safeguards against such practices in the California bill.