> The healthcare thing is more nuanced, and is part of the problem with any sort of centralized decision-making around it. On an individual level it's not usual

> The healthcare thing is more nuanced, and is part of the problem with any sort of centralized decision-making around it. On an individual level it's not usually any sort of tradeoff -- your choices don't make anyone else live or die except in imaginary fantasies. [...] Really? What about your choices regarding people you have power of attorney over, or, say, minors whose guardian you are? Should a family bankrupt itself to pay for treatment for a child whose life expectancy with treatment is only a few years anyways? Should a family bankrupt itself to pay for an elderly member's care who has no assets left and little life expectancy? These are difficult decisions to make if you should ever have to, and god forbid you ever have to. But they do come up in real life, and implicitly or otherwise, people do put a value on life.