Expressing the sense of the Congress that assisted suicide (sometimes referred to using other terms) puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm.

• Access to Quality End-of-Life Care: The resolution states that the Federal Government should ensure that every person facing the end of their life has access to the best quality and comprehensive medical care, including palliative, in-home, or hospice care tailored to their needs. This is considered positive because it promotes supportive care options for individuals nearing the end of life.

Based on the provided text, there are no specific sections or provisions that outline positive or negative impacts directly enacted as binding laws, as this is a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress. However, the text details numerous concerns regarding state-level assisted suicide laws that the authors argue create negative consequences for individuals:

• Risk to Vulnerable Populations: The text states that assisted suicide most directly threatens the lives of people who are elderly, experience depression, have a disability, or are subject to emotional or financial pressure to end their lives.

• Denial of Life-Saving Care by Insurers: The text notes that lethal medication is far less costly than many life-saving treatments, which threatens to restrict treatment options, especially for disadvantaged and vulnerable persons, when insurers deny or delay coverage for life-saving care while offering to cover assisted suicide.