SALEM, Oregon, Dec 16 (LSN) – Oregon taxpayers could be forced to pay for sex-change operations and physician-assisted suicide. The Oregon Health Services Commission is considering placing the two procedures on the list of medical treatments covered by the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s insurance program for low-income people. The decision is expected early next year.
Gov. John Kitzhaber wants physician-assisted suicide considered for the list according to the same criteria used to review other medical treatments. Olivia Jaquay, a transsexual, told the commission the health plan discriminates against her by not paying for a sex-change procedure.
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