In Retooled Health-Care System, Who Will Set Limits?
In U.S. "rationing" remains a dirty word, but who will say "no" remains the ultimate question.How will tough decisions be made about what to spend money on? In a country where "rationing" is a dirty word, who will say no?
The question permeates all levels of medicine: the use of tests that many argue are unnecessary (U.S. doctors order five times as many MRIs as doctors do in Germany); how early to intervene with common conditions such as heart ...
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This topic is one studied much in my Masters in Healthcare Administration courses at Seton Hall University. It is great to see it posted so articulately in a national newspaper.