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Kristin Logan and Donovan James say they moved to Canada with their sights set on the financial and medical benefits of publicly funded healthcare — but say they encountered a "dystopian" system that offered medically assisted death before cancer treatment, prompting them to return to the United States.

"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. I think it's evil," James told Fox News Digital.

"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.…