Stephanie Packer wants to be the face of a Right to Live movement — for as long as she draws breath. At age 29, Packer was diagnosed with scleroderma, a chronic autoimmune disease that causes scar tissue to form in her lungs. A doctor told her she had three years to live. Now 33, she has outlived the death sentence. But as her condition deteriorates, she’s finding little support for her fight to stay alive.
Her doctors suggested that switching to another chemotherapy drug might buy her time. Her insurance company refused to pay. She says she asked if the company covered the cost of drugs to put her to death. She was told the answer is yes — with a co-payment of $1.20. “My jaw dropped.”
What is the difference between the treatment and the suicide drugs, Cost? Is that all! This Mother is fighting for her life and the state of California and the insurance company are saying,”Let’s cut our losses, you Mrs. Parker are going to die anyway! ” Madness! How can anyone in right mind say this to this Lady? Life is so precious, to just want to end it because it does not meet the bottom line of an insurance company? What has the world come to? What do you think?