Medicine: Who Decides? - New York Times
Come on Krugman, don't beat around the bush. Rationing is what you mean and you envisage someone besides doctors who see patients is better equipped to make health care decisions.
I happen to agree that rationing in some form will eventually be needed to control costs. Preventive care will help people stay healthy, but that will require mandates, probably as onerous as rationing. But how will rationing be determined and who will do it? What's your answer?
In lieu of those draconian measures, health savings accounts make more sense for people willing to take control of their health care. For those who don't/won't/can't make their own health decisions, rationing is is good a solution as any. Who did you say will do that, Paul?
No comments:
Post a Comment