WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. James Lankford issued the following news release:
US Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. urging HHS and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish reporting requirements in the hospice program to monitor physician-assisted suicide for discrimination against individuals with disabilities, older adults, and other vulnerable populations.
The Members warned that physician-assisted suicide "raises significant informed consent issues as well as concerns about disability and age discrimination" and noted that the vast majority of patients receiving physician-assisted suicide are e...