It almost seems that what I see is people wanting a system that will decide who gets care and who will not.
Big question: Who would decide?
Would liberals decide that anyone except older white males get priority?
Would conservatives decide that only citizens, and only those of a certain wealth standard would get care?
I know we need to set some ground rules before the whole system blows up in our faces, but it scares the crap out of me when I begin to think of the possibilities....
I have a disabled daughter. I am also one of the hard-working poor. If my daughter needed urgent care, I shudder to think that “someone” would decide that she wasn’t ‘worthy’ of care because of her condition.
I know there are some people in this world who are heartless bastards, and I pray that none of them are decision-makers for healthcare.
Guess what. Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders opined that a young Black drug addict should have priority for treatment over an old white guy with a bad heart.
You can look it up.