Neurologist David Alway has written an excellent piece explaining the logical fallacy in having government be the arbiter of allocating resources in the practice of medicine.
Dr. Alway concludes by boiling the entire debate down to two choices before us:
“There is a choice to be made. One road leads to greater individual rights, freedom, productivity, good doctor-patient relations, further advances in health care, and better lives. The other leads to statism, government control of the individual, falling levels of productivity, a lack of innovation in medicine, drone-like doctors and nurses, and ultimately, more death.”Dr. Alway concludes by boiling the entire debate down to two choices before us:
For the sake of future Americans, let us hope and pray that we take the first road.
