Tipsheet

Canada's Healthcare System Planned to Kill a Woman. America's Will Save Her (With Help From Glenn Beck).

Amy Curtis
Amy Curtis  |  December 10, 2025 12:00 PM

It took less than a decade for Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program to go from a compassionate means for terminally ill patients to end their lives to a full-blown euthanasia program that kills the poor, veterans, and people with depression.

In December of last year, we learned that, per capita, the number of Canadians who die by MAiD exceeds the number of U.S. gun deaths. MAiD is even targeting teens and the mentally ill.

Of course, it's purely a numbers game from a government that ultimately doesn't care if you live or die. Jolene is a woman who lives in Canada, and she has hyperparathyroidism caused by adenoma(s) on the parathyroid gland(s). It can cause elevated calcium levels, leading to bone damage and destruction of soft tissue. Jolene suffers from pain, nausea, and vomiting.

The good news is that a surgery to remove the affected parathyroid gland(s) can fix the problem.

The bad news is, Jolene lives in Canada. And its socialized medicine system means there are no doctors available to perform the procedure.

But the Canadian government did offer to end Jolene's life.

Here's more:

A Canadian woman suffering from parathyroid disease has revealed that she is considering assisted suicide because she cannot get the surgery she needs.

Jolene Van Alstine, from Saskatchewan, suffers from a rare form of parathyroid disease, which results in extreme bone pain, nausea and vomiting. She requires surgery to remove a remaining parathyroid, but no surgeons in Saskatchewan are able to perform the operation.

In order to be referred to another province for the operation, Van Alstine must first be seen by an endocrinologist, yet no Saskatchewan endocrinologists are currently accepting new patients.

Social media was rightly outraged at this injustice and callous disregard for human life. Remember — Jolene isn't terminally ill. She has a perfectly treatable condition. Canada's "free" socialized system is preventing her from getting the care she needs.

Thankfully, radio host Glenn Beck heard Jolene's story and offered to get her to the U.S. for surgery.

Beck put the call out on X.

And Jolene herself responded.

Beck not only found surgeons willing to help Jolene but also connected her with her husband to arrange travel to the U.S. for the procedure.

The American healthcare system, while costly and imperfect, is saving Jolene's life, while the Canadian system would quite literally kill her.

Remember this when Democrats push for single-payer socialized medicine here.