In countries that provide free health care to their citizens, it is extraordinarily difficult for officials to tell anyone that the government will not pay for the only drug or medical device that can save their life – or their child’s life. But eventually the point will come when such things must be said.
据埃默里大学的马诺基·贾殷说，每年美国有20万病人可以靠人工心脏维持更长的生命，每名患者花费20万美元，共400亿美元。这是一个合理利用资源的国家吗？这个国家官方公布有3千9百万人在贫困线以下，把这些钱分给拥有四口人的家庭， 每家能得到2万两千美元。