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We oppose A2451 because physician assisted suicide is a direct threat to anyone viewed as a significant cost liability to a healthcare provider. In an era of cost control and managed care, patients with lingering illnesses may be branded as an economic liability, and decisions to encourage death could be driven by cost. The facts are clear – in states that passed assisted suicide bills insurance companies have denied individuals healthcare coverage but offered them low cost drugs to end their life.