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EricHiggin said:
I get what the goal and point is based on the way the system operates, whether I agree or not, but when it comes to who truly is more worthy of life or death, if someone has to make that choice, that's far beyond what the system takes into account overall. Is it really the best way, is a question to take into account. In today's world, more and more, we're going beyond the 'basics of each sector'. Should what you do in your private time, non medically, matter when it comes to hospitalization? If so, then the same should apply to say, business/work. In today's world, what you said or did in private decades ago can ruin your business or career and more. The scope of 'what fits this sector' also tends to keep expanding in many sectors. If the system just simply took who's first in line, it would be a more fair system, when it comes to privacy anyway. If you save who seems to be the 'good guy' based on their better health upkeep, but that guy is a really sick and twisted person who acts on it, while the lesser healthy 'bad guy' is a stand up guy who's work contributes vastly to society, but dies due to the wait, did you really do the right thing? What if perhaps they're both sick and twisted and act on it? What's worth saving and is there anything that isn't? I basically just questioned how far should the privacy invasion go when it comes to who's worth saving and who's not, or at least who's more worthy of being given a better shot at life than someone else. It's a very difficult question to know when to stop the bleed once you go beyond just take who's next in line. |
I agree, however who's next in line doesn't work either, see scalping... You'll end up with a situation where less honest doctors can sell you a pre-order to a transplant which you might need in the future but not yet. Just get in line, so you're in front by the time you might need it.
The real solution is to combat scarcity. With Covid-19 taking up beds, that's a solve-able problem, get more beds. How many more beds did we get since the pandemic started? They keep promising to add beds, but we're still running out. Of course it's a lot harder to add more staff.
Transplant scarcity is a problem. You basically need to make driving and other activities less safe to increase supply :/
I think the system we have now is the best we can do, focus on transplant life.
The world isn't fair, doubt it will ever be. There is new medication that might actually help my wife's chronic disease, however it's not covered, and we simply can't afford it. My wife wouldn't take it out of principle anyway (US $250 per pill, take daily) to see if it can help. A treatment for those that can spare 100K a year. So it's waiting for something else or until the price goes down, patents released. At least transplants don't go to the highest bidder!
