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I would love to live in a society with those problems. Right now, we're still squabbling over issues like those mentioned in the article. My only comeback to yo

I would love to live in a society with those problems. Right now, we're still squabbling over issues like those mentioned in the article. My only comeback to your initial question is: why does the 80yo need a kidney? Is it because he burned the old one out with drugs? I'm all for holding people accountable for health problems they can prevent (like obesity - many health insurance plans give you a discount (rightfully so) for being in the healthy BMI range), but the problem comes up when insurance is run as a business, and of course the first way to cut costs (and increase profits) is to stop insuring those who you know will cost more (whether it's their fault or not).

pavel_lishin 11y ago
Who gets to decide what's a morally acceptable way to become injured and what isn't? If the 80 year old has turned their life around at 65, and has been mentoring at-youth kids, do we still reject them for their earlier mistakes? Should we give it to a 25 year old who injured himself playing hockey, despite that being a high-risk activity as well? If there is a scarcity and we can't heal everyone, those choices have to be made, but my original context was that the answer is that we can afford to help everyone. In that situation, I don't think there's an ethical reason to not help everyone.