Shay wrote:
> If we're in a lifeboat made for six that is already carrying ten, then yes.

But we're not.

> Some people are going to be allowed to die.

Sure. I'd rather have it decided by a doctor than a stockholder.

> or by a patient's 
> having participated or not (by his patronage) in the 
> construction/support of the healthcare system.

If people reliably got the care they paid insurance to cover, that would 
work well.

> You may feel that the latter is evil. I feel that the former is evil. 
> More evil is the degree of control we will insist on having over other's 
> unhealthful behaviors once these others are all in our pockets.

There is that.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Understanding the structure of the universe
    via religion is like understanding the
     structure of computers via Tron.

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