Healthcare Rationing PP10

I believe the author does a good job on making his argument for rationing health care. Although, according to this article rationing has already been going on for years, the real dilemma that he talks about is the difference between how much are we willing to spend to save a human life vs. setting a dollar limit to save a life. The fact that there is are so many variables involved such as if you have no health insurance then you will fall into the group of people that will ultimately get 20% less health care in a medical situation vs. someone with health insurance who will get 37% more health care. I believe it really falls on the values people place on life, what's important to live and what they can ultimately live without. The ethical side of this is that until someone has that unfortunate illness befall a loved one and they experience who much that loved one's life means to them then other people who have never had to experience such dilemma will say that they don't want t foot the bill for others that could benefit from a life saving drug or treatment that will cause other people's premiums to go up if covered by insurance. Peter touches on that when he discusses that government puts a dollar limit and rations out how much should be spent on health care programs each year. The governments and health insurances bottom line, as Peter says, it to get as much bang for their buck without spending a whole lot on the front end. We all have a limit that we are willing to place even on ourselves as far as what we deem is worth saving even our own lives. I just wish there were an easier way to really make health care fair for everyone no matter what the circumstances.