To be rationed requires that there be a shortage of supply. There is
no shortage of supply for those able to pay - if you can afford the
procedure you will get the procedure in the US (organ donations being
the exception where there is a shortage and the supply of which by law
can not be increased by willingness to pay) - that is not rationing.
We do have many who can not afford the current standard of care, 50
years ago we had massively more who could not afford todays standard
of care, 100 years ago it was largely unimanaginable.
I do not understand the idea that every improvement, no matter how
expensive, must be affordable by all, and if not some injustice has
occurred.
On Mar 27, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Paul Meyer wrote:
Unfortunately, all health care systems ration, we do it by ability
to pay.
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