No matter how you cut it rationing of health care has been an ongoing issue since the very beginning. In the US there are exponentially more people needing kidney transplants than there are kidneys. It used to be that the longest on the list was the first to get the kidney. In the US they are considering changing it to who is the best fit for the available kidney as far as getting the most mileage out of it. What do you think? Any way you cut it, there are advantages and disadvantages. Should it be the highest bidder (right now it's like college sports--only the people who set up the game--the doctors and the hospital make money off the kidney). I say set up loose guidelines that take into considerations a number of factors then the rest should be set up in a lottery among those that scored highest.
Loren M. Lambert © September 20, 2012
Loren M. Lambert © September 20, 2012
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