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A Utilitarian Argument in Favor of Rationing Health Insurance

July 16th, 2009 1 Comment

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The renowned, and often polemic, ethicist Peter Singer wrote a compelling argument in The New York Times, in favor of rationing health insurance. Essentially, rationing is a dirty word that is never said, but often meant. It means there should be cost limits to health care, particularly in terminal cases. This puts a price [...]

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