Can an immigrant that moves to Canada benefit of MAID?

[Majestatea Masiva]

If I manage to escape europe, and move to canada and obtain citizenship and residency and all of that, can I just sign up for maid?
Also, is diabetes type 1 enough to qualify me for it?

 

[boom.shaka.laka]

The process isn't that simple and can take a long time for approval in some cases. Also I'm unsure if type 1 diabetes would make you eligible, it really depends on how much your illness affects you, what treatments are available, and the doctors opinion. When the application is made, you need two healthcare professionals to support your decision.

 

[doneforlife]

The process isn't that simple and can take a long time for approval in some cases. Also I'm unsure if type 1 diabetes would make you eligible, it really depends on how much your illness affects you, what treatments are available, and the doctors opinion. When the application is made, you need two healthcare professionals to support your decision.

But I have heard something contrary to this. People are being prescribed Maid by doctors for very simple illness so much so that it has attracted media attention.

 

[boom.shaka.laka]

But I have heard something contrary to this. People are being prescribed Maid by doctors for very simple illness so much so that it has attracted media attention.

What simple illnesses? Yes, it got extra media attention due to the fact that they have passed a bill for MAiD for mental illness (however hasn't been put into place yet as they are setting up protocols for specific mental illnesses, symptoms, criteria, ect.) but people who are extremely, chronically sick (just not terminally) still have a hard time getting accepted. The process can take a very long time, a patient may need to have numerous appointments with different doctors and specialists before being approved, and then a second doctor needs to confirm everything before getting officially approved for MAiD.

I'm not saying the process can't be more simple at times, but if your illness isn't terminal and death isn't expected in the foreseeable future, it isn't just a simple process, doctors aren't just "prescribing" this to anyone.

 

[doneforlife]

What simple illnesses? Yes, it got extra media attention due to the fact that they have passed a bill for MAiD for mental illness (however hasn't been put into place yet as they are setting up protocols for specific mental illnesses, symptoms, criteria, ect.) but people who are extremely, chronically sick (just not terminally) still have a hard time getting accepted. The process can take a very long time, a patient may need to have numerous appointments with different doctors and specialists before being approved, and then a second doctor needs to confirm everything before getting officially approved for MAiD.

I'm not saying the process can't be more simple at times, but if your illness isn't terminal and death isn't expected in the foreseeable future, it isn't just a simple process, doctors aren't just "prescribing" this to anyone.

Ok. So it would be a bad idea to immigrate just in the hope for getting approved for MAiD?

 

[befree]

It´s not easy to immigrate to Canada.

Immigrate to Canada - Canada.ca

www.canada.ca

 

[lachrymost]

It's sad. A lot of people are going to be disappointed when they find out it's not as easy as the media makes it out to be. I think I heard it from Dr. Stephanie Green, a MAiD provider who has become the de facto face of MAiD providers, that she's been privy to some of the questionable cases in the news and that there's a lot of manipulation of the facts. Some of those reports are from aggreived and greiving family who are telling journalists, "Doctors killed grandpa and all that was wrong with him was hearing loss!" But in fact grandpa was private and had much more going on than the family knew about, or else they distorted the truth in their grief. Journalists cannot fact check any of this because of the confidentiality of medical records.

 

[doneforlife]

It's sad. A lot of people are going to be disappointed when they find out it's not as easy as the media makes it out to be. I think I heard it from Dr. Stephanie Green, a MAiD provider who has become the de facto face of MAiD providers, that she's been privy to some of the questionable cases in the news and that there's a lot of manipulation of the facts. Some of those reports are from aggreived and greiving family who are telling journalists, "Doctors killed grandpa and all that was wrong with him was hearing loss!" But in fact grandpa was private and had much more going on than the family knew about, or else they distorted the truth in their grief. Journalists cannot fact check any of this because of the confidentiality of medical records.

Ohh. The media should be held responsible for being this irresponsible!