The Need For Rationing Increasingly Scarce Health Care...

Introduction This paper addresses the issues surrounding the need for rationing increasingly scarce health care resources. There has been much debate over the questions of how best to provide quality health care coverage, which services are necessary and which are optional, and how to pay for it all. Although there does not seem to be a consensus on how best to distribute health care services, the growing demand for coverage and current expectations of the public make addressing the situation increasingly more pressing. Examples from the key health care areas of organ transplantation, reproductive technology, and geriatric costs are briefly analyzed and placed in the larger context of the overall scarcity of health care resources in order to illustrate the rationing dilemmas facing health care. This issue will become more pressing as the realization takes hold that health care costs are increasingly out-stripping society’s ability to pay for those costs. Not every patient is given the most beneficial treatment. For such an individual, the consequences can be sometimes tragic and the notion of pricing life is controversial. Because of this fact, decisions involving rationing of health care resources raises the question: How do we treat a person with dignity and respect, an individual who is left behind by an effectual policy for society generally (Menzel, 1990)? Rationing Examples: A Review of the Literature In triage circumstances, as in a mass trauma incident,Show MoreRelatedThe National Health Service ( Nhs )3985 Words   |  16 PagesFinancial Dilemmas The National Health Service (NHS) was established in 1948 and has been regularly described as the envy of the world. Successive Governments have remained committed to its founding principle; universal service free at the point of use. NHS is funded through general taxation and its current budget is around  £110 billion. 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