"rationing" in healthcare...
Jul. 21st, 2009 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dwivianI am becoming acutely aware that anyone that claims there is rationing in the current American Healthcare systems just doesn't understand the term.
Rationing controls the distribution of something. Our healthcare may not be accessible to those without the means to pay for it, but that isn't at the desire of the system. Providers would be fine if EVERYONE could pay for it, as that means more money at the end of the day. Inequity in access to the system is the problem -- not someone somewhere working to decide who gets the service and who doesn't.
The net effects are the same, but the methods differ.
Please stop convoluting the argument by trying to shove words where they don't fit.
Rationing controls the distribution of something. Our healthcare may not be accessible to those without the means to pay for it, but that isn't at the desire of the system. Providers would be fine if EVERYONE could pay for it, as that means more money at the end of the day. Inequity in access to the system is the problem -- not someone somewhere working to decide who gets the service and who doesn't.
The net effects are the same, but the methods differ.
Please stop convoluting the argument by trying to shove words where they don't fit.
