"Why We Must Ration Health Care" By PETER SINGER
Published: July 15, 2009
NYT Magazine
This was a great essay on the debate over "rationing" heath care now going on. Not only is Singer sensible and convincing, but his clear and straightforward voice helped me understand the issue.
"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 reform in the United States should start from the premise that some form of health care rationing is both inescapable and desirable. Then we can ask, What is the best way to do it?"
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