As a New Yorker living with a disability, I have significant concerns regarding the legalization of physician-assisted suicide.
It is naïve to think that private health insurance companies and a struggling public health system will not take profit margin or taxpayer expense into consideration when approving expensive treatment options versus a one-time prescription costing far less. In the end, this will not be a private matter between patient and physician, this will be an experiment in cost-effectiveness, regulated by the for-profit health insurance industry and the government.