Pithy (HT: Mickey Kaus):
Here is a handy-dandy way to determine whether the failure to order some exam or treatment constitutes rationing: If the patient were the president, would he get it? If he'd get it and you wouldn't, it's rationing.I agree, but let me approach this from another angle. Perhaps the next time a doctor recommends a test, procedure, or drug to me, I should ask, "If I were a CEO, and my time and productivity were very valuable, would you still recommend this?" I want to avoid long-shot treatments of dubious benefit. I hope, for the President's sake, that he feels the same way.
To overtreat is not to err on the side of caution. Medical errors kill 200,000 Americans every year.
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