Spiking U.S. coronavirus cases could force rationing decisions similar to those made in Italy, China

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9. In a way, *ALL* discussions of healthcare are about making such decisions

-There has always been a greater need for healthcare than the amount available
-THEREFORE, some mechanism will decide.
-There really are only three options:
1. A government official or hospital administrator decides
2. An insurance company adjuster decides
3. The 'free market' decides.

If there's one heart available for transplant, and two people needing it, *SOME* sort of decision will be made. Maybe it's a 93-year-old woman with 6 months most left to live vs a 7-year-old kid, maybe it's a millionaire vs homeless person, maybe it's a Magat vs a Social Worker... in every case, some form of rationing is going to happen, cold hard fact.

Health care, even in the most advance countries, still has to assign resources that are less than demand. When there is less of something than is needed, some way of assigning stuff goes on.