> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:45 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: RE: U.S. health care > > Let us presume as was the case in the cases I have > heard of on other lists that the families are ordinary middle-class > working people who when it comes to cars typically look for a > late-model used Chevy rather than a new car of any type and certainly > never imagine themselves owning a BMW (except perhaps in their > daydreams when they win the Powerball lottery) and that no one can be > considered "at fault" for the problems that the child was born > with: the parents were as far as anyone knew or could tell healthy, > did not smoke, drink alcohol, use drugs, work in a factory or other > environment where they were exposed to toxic chemicals or use such at > home or in some second job or hobby, did not engage in any other > risky behaviors, did not have any known genetic defects, had early > and regular pre-natal care (during which we presume nothing amiss was > detected, or at least not until it was too late medically or legally > to do anything about it), nothing untoward happened during labor and > delivery, etc. > > How should such cases be addressed by the US health care system?
It will have to be addressed by some sort of health care rationing. The only question is when and how. We may not be there now, but there will be a point at which we cannot afford to give the best health care that's available to everyone....even if that's the focus of the entire economy. How we do that rationing is a very difficult decision. This is one reason that I think we should start working towards the most reasonable rationing system we can have as soon as possible. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
