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[quote=Anonymous]Yes to the immediate PP -- I believe all the MAID laws in the US require a diagnosis of a terminal illness that will cause death in 6 months or less and the cognitive ability to give consent.

Also, our experience with a relative in NJ was that it's expensive and challenging to find the medical providers to help you access MAID. There was one concierge doctor we found but they cost something like $7000-$8000, not covered by insurance. I don't fault them at all -- this is their living -- but it's not free or cheap.

Our relative also couldn't get their oncologist to be the second certifying doctor even though that oncologist had treated the relative for years because of the oncologist's personal beliefs. The crazy "pro-lifers," including religous fanatics, target doctors willing to offer MAID just as much as they target doctors willing to offer abortions, irrespective of whether MAID/abortion are legal or not.

Switzerland it is, assuming I have the resources and capabilities. The problem with the drugs/tequila/warm bathtub approach is that you're leaving a mess for someone to clean up. I'd rather say goodbye and go somewhere where professionals are not going to be confronted with an unexpected trauma.[/quote]

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