In most countries, rationing is done by price - those who can't afford to get treatment join the beggar's line. Those who can afford it buy treatment at the going rate set by the Medical Cartels which are allowed ridiculous monopolies to keep prices high.
More people would get more treatment, of higher quality, cheaper, safer, faster and more considerately, if the cartels were deregulated and businesses competed for customers as they do in changing oil, making cars, selling computers, flying aircraft and cutting hair.
There would be Apple Medicine as well as Apple Computer. They'd compete with Firestone Fitness, Shell Sutures, Linux Livers, Bank of America Blood, Xerox Xrays. They would make sure patients were not killed in the process. Imagine how long a brand would last if they sent patients away dead due to negligence. In the present systems, doctors bury their mistakes and there's no consequence. In the USA there is medical malpractice insurance but it doesn't damage a major brand which is the real way to ensure quality control.
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away.
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