In the NYT health blog, the New Old Age, Jane Gross blogs about Dan Callahan’s recent commentary on the virtues of rationing healthcare, particularly for the Medicare system.
As Gross notes, not only did Callahan write an intriguing and provocative essay, but readers of the column viscerally responded to Callahan’s claims. And contrary to popular opinion, the readers voiced support for cost-containment (the fancy way of saying the evil R-word, rationing).
Americans willing to trade away some of their instant gratification and greediness about health care services for the greater good of the Medicare system. Who would have guessed that?
Summer Johnson, PhD