The Politics of
Health Care Rationing. The Freeman 62, no.
Health care rationing is an uncomfortable topic, but one that responsible Americans should discuss.
Sarah Palin of Alaska criticized overhauling health care, charging it would lead to
health care rationing, according to an Aug.
Howard Dean, a former Democratic presidential contender, has argued that IPAB is a "
health care rationing body."
HEALTH CARE RATIONING is a politically charged issue that evokes deep emotional reactions from all sectors within the industry: politicians, patients, payers, and providers.
For purposes of this article,
health care rationing is the
The concept of
health care rationing is highly controversial in the US, European and other countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Health care rationing has been a source of contentious debate in the United States for nearly 30 years.
He was named to the post in 2010 during a congressional recess to avoid a battle over his praise for the British health care system and his suggestion that
health care rationing was inevitable.
In response to the persistent health care system crisis, there is opportunity to address
health care rationing, limited access and exorbitant costs with low cost and low technology interventions by means of health promotion and preventative care.
This article's focus will be on the political and legal aspects of
health care rationing, rather than on the ethical, clinical, and economic aspects.
It is not a very big step to go from the opinions expressed in the article to strict
health care rationing, in which patients can no longer get coronary artery bypass graft surgery or kidney transplants because they are no longer of use to society.