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Friday, March 25, 2016

Drug Company Jacks Up Cost Of Aid-In-Dying Medication

When California's aid-in-dying law takes effect this June, terminally ill patients who decide to end their lives could be faced with a hefty bill for the lethal medication. It retails for more than $3,000.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the company that makes the drug most commonly used in physician-assisted suicide, doubled the drug's price last year, one month after California lawmakers proposed legalizing the practice.

"It's just pharmaceutical company greed," said David Grube, a family doctor in Oregon, where physician-assisted death has been legal for 20 years.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...


Shame on them.

Anonymous said...

can't take it with you

Anonymous said...

Ever notice the politicians never talk about money and care for our elderly and retiree's?

Anonymous said...

So only the rich can afford to die painlessly and the rest of us have to suffer.

Anonymous said...

"Greed", or maximizing return on investment? Pharmaceuticals are a business (real people, stockholders), not a philanthropy.