age-based rationing
 Introduce the age-based rationing debate, and the. economic arguments in its supporteconomic arguments in its support.  Discuss the ethical and justice theories used to. defend and oppose it.  And propose several cost-lowering measures that. would make age-based rationing of health care. unnecessary. The biblical materials also present a view of older people that is not conducive to age-based rationing. Two characteristics stand out at various points in the biblical writings. Those who are elderly are generally wise (Job 12:12), and they are generally weak (Eccl. 12:1-5). AGE-BASED RATIONING OF HEALTH CARE. The idea of old-age–based rationing of health care in the United States began to emerge publicly in the 1980s and has been hotly debated ever since. Health care is a scarce resource, and all scarce resources are rationed in one way or another. In the United States, most health care is privately financed, and so most rationing is by price: you get what you, or your employer, can afford to insure you for. Age-Based Rationing of Healthcare. Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the Volume 7, Number 3, Fall 2001 issue of Dignity, the Center’s quarterly publication. Subscriptions to Dignitas are available to CBHD Members. To learn more about the benefits of becoming a member click here. Age based rationing of health care is part of daily life in the NHS. As Graham Sutton writes, “Ageism seems to be embedded in the NHS culture” (BMJ 1997;315:1032-3). I have argued elsewhere that the concept is morally indefensible (BMJ 1995;310:1179-82). My suggestion is that it should now be made illegal. The philosophical arguments for old-age– based rationing are more varied than the economic arguments. The philosopher Norman Daniels (1988), for instance, poses an abstract problem of justice by depicting a society in which each individual has available a fixed sum of money for his or her lifelong health care. Economically defined, healthcare rationing is simply limiting health care goods and services to only those who can afford to pay. In the United States this type of rationing affects about 15% of the population, who are either too poor to afford care or unwilling to buy care or simply uninsured. Defined by regulatory means, healthcare rationing involves restricting health care goods and services from even those who can afford to pay. age-based rationing. Age-Based Rationing. A proposed form of rationing publicly-funded health care services, in which limits would be placed on the type and amount of such services that would be freely available to persons above a certain age. age-based rationing. Managed care, medical ethics A proposed form of rationing of publicly-funded health care services, in which limits would be placed on the type and amount of such services that would be freely available to persons above a certain age. See Rationing.
A proposed form of rationing publicly funded health care services, in which limits would be placed on the type and amount of such services that would be freely available to persons above a certain age.