Physician assisted suicide is legal in Oregon. As a result the medical bureaucracy in that state has used it as a way to battle medical costs. Some terminally-ill patients in Oregon that turn to the state for assistance in their medical care have received letters informing them that the state would not help pay for chemotherapy or other potentially life sustaining treatments, but it would be willing to pay for physician assisted suicide if the patient would elect to kill him or herself instead for fighting for life.

When you consider statements made by Tom Daschle, Rep. Tonko and others pushing Obamacare in the above context they make more sense -- such as, seniors to know when it is time to accept their fate, and there is need to fund more hospice expenses to address life-ending challenges. The goal will not be to save lives, which is why most doctors went to medical school, it will be making calculated decisions by non-physician bureaucrats in which a growing percentage of people with debilitating illnesses will be offered hospice to make them comfortable while they accept their 'fate."

Welcome to Obamacare.