Health care rationing already exists in the United States. It's done by ability to pay, and now it's making us all more vulnerable.
This American way of rationing has made us more vulnerable to the coronavirus disaster. We are already paying the highest health costs in the world, but get far less for our money., we have fewer doctors and fewer hospital beds per capita, and Americans have higher rates of chronic health problems. The lack of coordination between our public and private health systems meant we were not prepared to make and distribute enough tests or to trace the contacts of sick people.
We cannot wait any longer to fix our broken health care system. The United States must stop rationing health care by income and insurance coverage. Health coverage for all will not end pandemics, but will prevent a great deal of the economic pain and fear they engender, and will improve our ability to respond as a society., and today's public health emergency shows us that we can't afford not to.
I can't stop thinking about the nurses, EMTs, doctors, and others who are putting themselves at grave risk, while also having to potentially make terrible choices for their patients. At the very least, let's never again force them to have to think about whether their patients can pay for their care.
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