Why We Must Ration Health Care

Rationing health care means getting value for the billions we are spending by setting limits on which treatments should be paid for from the public purse. If we ration we won’t be writing blank checks to pharmaceutical companies for their patented drugs, nor paying for whatever procedures doctors choose to recommend. When public funds subsidize health care or provide it directly, it is crazy not to try to get value for money. The debate over health care ... Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Jul. 18, 2009

Thoughtful article about the ethics of health care rationing from Peter Singer, a bioethics professor at Princeton University. This in-depth analysis deconstructs some of the myths behind terms like 'rationing' and 'socialized medicine' and paints a clear picture of the real ethical issues at play in this debate, based on facts, not just opinion. Illuminating and well-researched report.

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