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Euthanasia for Mental Illness on the Rise in Some European Countries

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Belgium's gov't health insurer fully covers psychiatric euthanasia costs.

Under Belgium's RIZIV/INAMI national health insurance, euthanasia — including for mental illness — is reimbursed as a medical procedure. Belgium and the Netherlands account for the vast majority of Europe's psychiatric euthanasia cases.

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