Bipartisan group warns HHS that older adults and people with disabilities risk being pressured to end their lives<\/p>\n
Lawmakers urged the health and human services (HHS) secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Thursday to establish strict hospice reporting rules to prevent discrimination and coercion in medically assisted suicide.<\/p>\n
The bipartisan group of members of Congress warned that older adults, people with disabilities, or those with disaffected caregivers face a particular risk of being pressured to end their lives.<\/p>\n
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