We are all already part of this conversation, all the time, because resources are finite The flip side is "sorry, we didn't have enough surgeons available righ

We are all already part of this conversation, all the time, because resources are finite The flip side is "sorry, we didn't have enough surgeons available right now so we have to triage you", or, "sorry you can't afford the bill" I'm sure in this particular situation the numbers benefit "don't leave surgery debris in the patient" but the more general point remains, there is some set of numbers (likely implausible) where it would flip the other way