User:CBailey24/Health care rationing

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Healthcare rationing is something provided to those who can not afford healthcare plans with insurances, healthcare rationing can provide a service so they can still receive healthcare. The idea of healthcare rationing has a high level of decision making for each country.

Overall Health Care

In argument of what the society has the right to meddle in, health care has been an issue that many think society should not be involved in. Though one can pay for their health care with their own money, as a society, there is a need to stay within the range of the "consumer sovereignty". This simply put means, one should not involve themselves in a situation where they are influencing another's decision making. It is obvious that no one can control what someone purchases, but when it comes to certain illegal or unprecedented items, there is question to the decision making of others.

United States

It is argued that Americans tend to spend more than what is necessary for healthcare. Though there is still debate on who can afford healthcare, there are many other programs provided for Americans to gain affordable healthcare.

During a Pandemic

In 2019 the virus known as the Corona Virus or COVID-19 covered the world like a giant cloud. This virus affected many, with similar symptoms to influenza, and a cure has yet to be found. Those with auto-immune disorders has to be most careful because this disease could mean death for those with auto-immune disorders. As well as older people, who systems could not fight off infection as easily as they used to. It is said that anywhere between 3% and 19% of patients with the Corona Virus often ended up in the ICU (intensive care unit). Because of this disease, rationing of health care was necessary to help patients with the disease. There was a letter that was sent to families and patients with disease that stated the fact about rationing ICU services, "Some patients will be extremely sick and very unlikely to survive their illness even with critical treatment. Treating these patients would take away resources for patients who might survive." It is believed that the route that health care professionals and the government are going about the rationing has something to do with how the crisis of Ebola was handles in 2014. By rationing health care during this pandemic, there is more chance that health care professionals can help patients that have a better chance of surviving the disease, survive.

Not only was there a virus outbreak in 2020, Corona Virus, but there was a huge outbreak in 2014 with Ebola. There was a record spike in deaths because of this virus, with these deaths, it let medical practices to ration. Obtaining certain services for hospitals and emergency rooms such as, hospital beds and ventilators, has been an issue of referencing normal hospital procedures, as there is no procedure for pandemics.

Ethics in Health Care Rationing

The idea of rationing in health care is ethically in some circumstances. The type of programs that the United States provides for their citizens to afford health through rationing is something that is ethically justified. Providing less expensive programs and benefits for people to get the health care they need is considered ethical in health care. Yet, there is levels and transparency in rationing when it comes to health care. The most obvious circumstances and examples of health care rationing come into play usually when there is lack of proper resources for people to gain health care. Because rationing can happen within many measures, there are two decisions that can best describe it. The first one is "macroallocation". This decision occurs within society and how health care professionals and systems can provide the correct benefits for their patients by obtaining the finances needed. The next decision is "microallocation". This decision is made in the moment. The question of whether or not the patient can receive medical attention with materials that are not always provided. These two terms are used to describe the decision making that is required when it comes to the ethics of health care rationing.