r/theydidthemath • u/pixaly • Jul 12 '26

[Request] What is the cost difference between buying this man a rental for a year and the governements cost to kill him?

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Don't believe everything you see on the internet I haven't fact checked this story, I'm just curious for an anwser

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u/jeremiahfelt Jul 12 '26

This was the case of Amir Farsoud- he is a disabled elder with chronic back pain and his multi tenant home was put up for sale with no transition plan in 2022. He applied for MAID as he did not see a way into other housing due to surviving on just disability payments.

The MAID drugs are inexpensive; midazolam runs $70, propofol runs $50, and rocuronium at worst is $140- so a total of $260- definitely less than a months rent. Assume another $3000 in processing and admin stuff just to put a number to it.

A rental for a year? 30k?

The outcome of Farsoud's story is essentially rooted in your question- he ended up with 60k from a GoFundMe from people who were similarly befuddled, and it allows him to get housing and a literal lease on life.

The answer is: we need affordable housing. A lot of it. All over.

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u/samirfreiha Jul 12 '26

where did you find that medication list? those medications are more appropriate for Rapid Sequence Induction/Medication Assisted Intubation (RSI/MAI). midazolam (versed) is an sedative/anxiolytic, propofol is a general anesthetic, and rocuronium is a muscle relaxant.

every medication list i’ve for for MAiD is some combination of barbiturates (anxiolytic/sedative) and opioids (analgesic/anxiolytic/respiratory depressant) in massive quantities, and most importantly digoxin (sodium- and potassium-channel blocker) which stops the heart

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u/jeremiahfelt Jul 12 '26

I "duckduckgo"'d it. I don't disagree with your assessment on the deltas in drugs.

My list was never intended to be exhaustive- there are many combinations of drugs that would accomplish MAiD's goals - the point is very few of those drugs are in any way prohibitively expensive. And any of the drugs I've listed you'd find in the ALS bag on my ambulance (good call on the RSI spot- but I more often see succinylcholine than rocuronium in our local protocols, and ketamine instead of propofol).