AltWeeklies Wire » Politics » Commentary

Medical Necessities: What's So Terrible About Rationing Health Care?

By Judith Levine
Seven Days | December 9, 2009
I agree that the rich should pay more to support the health care of those who have less. But taxes won't cover it all. There will be rationing. Indeed, there should be rationing -- also known as rational choosing between interventions that are needed and those that are only wanted; those that justify the risks and costs and those that don't.
View Full Story at Seven Days
Tags: Health Care Reform, mammograms, medical procedures, rationing, Congress, health care, women's issues

Seven Days

Seven Days is a lively mix of local arts, news and opinion that examines and celebrates political and cultural life in Vermont. The paper links a "community" of 71,370 educated, active readers in urban, suburban and rural areas within an...
More »
Contact for Reprint Rights
  • Market Served: Metropolitan Area
  • Address: 255 S. Champlain Street, Ste. 5, Burlington, VT 05401
  • Phone: (802) 864-5684
www.sevendaysvt.com