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It's certainly a constraint of any medical system but not a goal, primary or otherwise. The goal of socialised medicine is to provide medical care equitably to
by Blahah 3y ago
It's certainly a constraint of any medical system but not a goal, primary or otherwise. The goal of socialised medicine is to provide medical care equitably to everyone who needs it - to assign that as a right. Care only has to be rationed to the extent that resources are constrained below what is required to meet the need. And all of that is orthogonal to a system like that in the US, where care is a luxury not a right.
- nradov 3y agoHow do you define "need"? We certainly should do better at improving access to affordable care and eliminating inefficiencies. But need for healthcare is essentially infinite for patients with serious chronic conditions or near end of life. And as the population becomes older and more obese that will be an increasingly larger share. We just don't have the resources to pay for everything regardless of where the bill goes. Care rationing in most developed countries will only get stricter.