The Euthanizing State: Who Decides Who Lives and Who Dies?

By Michael S. Rozeff
Dan Callahan has written: "I doggedly believe we will one way or the other have to set limits on health care for the elderly, even if a specific age limit will not do...a good society ought to help young people become old people, but is under no obligation to help the old become indefinitely older." When he says "we will" set limits, he means the collective "we." He means that the Medicare system will set limits. When he speaks of "society" helping young people but not old people, he means that Medicare will allocate money to young people but not old people. Collectivist thinking about health care is not unusual today. After all, Medicare is a collectivist institution.
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Posted by Editor at December 20, 2008 09:03 AM