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**Nautilus** · 08-09-2010, 09:58 PM

You're correct. My example was not technically rationing, it was one of access. The U.S. isn't instituting Universal Health Care, so your anology is moot. The new system will give more citizens access. Why do you believe that this system will lead to rationing?

Actually, the closest thing we have to rationing in this country, which HCR attempts to minimize, is rescission undertaken by insurance companies when they make a decision that they've paid enough for a sick person's treatment and will refuse to pay for continued coverage, often at the point where a patient needs their insurance the most, like during cancer treatment.

08-09-2010, 09:58 PM	#20
Nautilus Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	You're correct. My example was not technically rationing, it was one of access. The U.S. isn't instituting Universal Health Care, so your anology is moot. The new system will give more citizens access. Why do you believe that this system will lead to rationing? Actually, the closest thing we have to rationing in this country, which HCR attempts to minimize, is rescission undertaken by insurance companies when they make a decision that they've paid enough for a sick person's treatment and will refuse to pay for continued coverage, often at the point where a patient needs their insurance the most, like during cancer treatment.
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