Comment Re:See. Patents/Copyright spur innovation. (Score 1) 491
we don't have the resources to give everyone all the healthcare that they want, when they want it. You have to ration it.
I respectfully disagree with this. The developed world today is more than wealthy enough to provide a broad range of quality healthcare to all its residents, for free. Not all the healthcare people want, but all the basic care they need. Of course, that is a socialist policy, which you are free to disagree with. It is at least partially implemented in many countries today, whose budget deficits are no worse than that of the US. Interestingly, in those countries, unsubsidized private healthcare can be considerably more affordable than in the US.
My point is that rationing healthcare in wealthy countries today is a choice, not a necessity.