Is there a risk that assisted dying will be used to curb health costs?

In the U.S., meanwhile, 14 states have medical aid in dying laws, allowing for prescribed drugs to be taken by patients. Patients must have a prognosis of death within six months. There’s no centralized U.S. tally, but for the jurisdictions that report, data show that 1,242 people ingested prescribed aid-in-dying medication in 2024.