US lawmakers urge stricter monitoring of medically assisted suicide in hospices

<p>Bipartisan group warns HHS that older adults and people with disabilities risk being pressured to end their lives</p><p>Lawmakers urged the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Thursday to establish strict hospice reporting rules to prevent discrimination and coercion in medically assisted suicide.</p><p>The bipartisan group of members of Congress warned that older adults, people with disabilities, or those with disaffected caregivers face a particular risk of be

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