DEPROGRAMMED: A 'kind offer' of death sent this couple running from universal health care
A U.S. Air Force veteran and her husband returned to the United States from Canada after the healthcare system offered medically assisted death before cancer treatment.
Kristin Logan and Donovan James say they moved to Canada with the hope of benefiting from publicly funded healthcare but encountered what they described as a 'dystopian' system that offered medically assisted death before cancer treatment. The couple returned to the United States in May 2025 after multiple health crises.
MAID Offer Before Treatment
Logan was first diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer in September 2023 and had to leave Canada for initial treatment. She later experienced a bowel obstruction in March 2024, requiring her to leave the country again before returning in April 2024. The cancer returned in December 2024.
It was the most heartbreaking experience, to basically be set up to die. And if I wanted to live, I had to take my life into my own hands and leave the country.
According to the couple, MAID was the best initial solution Canada offered upon Logan's diagnosis. The program now accounts for about one in 20 deaths in Canada, surpassing countries where assisted dying has been legal for longer.
Financial Motivations
James, a Canadian citizen living in the U.S. with a green card, and Logan moved to Canada to get ahead of potential financial difficulty in case of a future medical crisis. They wanted to avoid 'ever going bankrupt' — a concern that became reality following Logan's three separate travels back to America.
Canada has been slowly sliding into an entire dystopian situation. The way they've expanded the MAID system is frightening. It was never supposed to be used this way, to be offered so easily and so upfront when a person gets sick.
Logan had multiple emergencies and hospital trips during her time in Canada when a second bowel obstruction shifted her and her family's fight for survival into overdrive to find a plan to save her life.
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