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To: Ilaine who wrote (104902)	5/25/2001 11:11:39 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

<<What price is one life worth to the one whose life it is? To the rest of us?>> True. Those are the ultimate question. At some point rationing of limited resources is necessary. The questions then are: 1) How much? (ie, what percent of GDP do we allow to be allocated to health care) and 2) Who is to do the allocating? Unfortunately, looking at everything on a case-by-case basis obscures the above two points somewhat. The questions above are currently being answered in a generally random manner, depending on 1) insurance coverage 2) personal financial resources 3) media coverage (ie transplant list candidates who get "bumped up" due to news stories, etc) 4) political pull 5) geographical location (ie, some medicaid programs better for certain conditions/procedures than others) 6) Legal pressure (I'm sure you're better versed in HMO arm-twisting on coverage denials than I). It all comes back to those two little questions. So simple and so amazingly complex.... There is no doubt that in any single case, if the money is provided, the finest health care resources to be found anywhere can be made available in the U.S. Regards (and have a nice Memorial Day weekend), Patron P.S. Errr, what's a Gleevec-ST1571?