I’m sure it’s easier said than done, but can’t she just go to a different doctor?
Hypothetically sure. But she is on Medicaid. Getting a new primary care doctor takes a lot of effort.
All of her specialists are in the same network, and all the notes follow her around in her network. The doctor noted that she is “suicidal,” and now nobody in the network will let her get on hospice.
So in order to find a new doctor, she would effectively need to find a new network, get all new specialists, restart all the tests, go back through Medicaid to get a new doctor on her insurance.
Its not actively impossible, but its very difficult, especially for an 85 year old with Parkinson’s. And changing doctors while you have Parkinson’s somewhat managed is a bad idea, its lots of experimenting to find a treatment plan that works, and you have to basically start all that over while you loose a lot of ground.
Its way easier for her to just tell everybody to remember to not call an ambulance for her, she already asked me to help her die when she feels like her mind is too far gone, but since it would be “murder” for me to be in the same room as her while she takes the wrong pills, there isnt a lot I can do.
So you grandma is catholic.
Let’s be clear here.
And yes, killing someone is very problematic. I admit I don’t have the answer.
Let’s not act like this is that simple.
No, her doctor is, my grandma is Atheist
Its pretty fucking clear
I do, let people die when they want to.
It really is
I’m sure it’s easier said than done, but can’t she just go to a different doctor? People get second opinions all the time
Hypothetically sure. But she is on Medicaid. Getting a new primary care doctor takes a lot of effort.
All of her specialists are in the same network, and all the notes follow her around in her network. The doctor noted that she is “suicidal,” and now nobody in the network will let her get on hospice.
So in order to find a new doctor, she would effectively need to find a new network, get all new specialists, restart all the tests, go back through Medicaid to get a new doctor on her insurance.
Its not actively impossible, but its very difficult, especially for an 85 year old with Parkinson’s. And changing doctors while you have Parkinson’s somewhat managed is a bad idea, its lots of experimenting to find a treatment plan that works, and you have to basically start all that over while you loose a lot of ground.
Its way easier for her to just tell everybody to remember to not call an ambulance for her, she already asked me to help her die when she feels like her mind is too far gone, but since it would be “murder” for me to be in the same room as her while she takes the wrong pills, there isnt a lot I can do.
Much less common than you think,