The other Awards Obama will will this year...
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Quote:That's one way to make lemonade from a bad situation. So not only do you have to wait, its a good thing since your doctors don't always make the right decisions. Where do I sign up?
You would prefer more people to die, maybe? This isn't a rhetorical trick, or a "silver lining", or whatever. It's a straight up calculation: X people will die without immediate treatment, but X+Y people will die *with* immediate treatment. I'd sign up for the thing that kills me less often. In fact, ceteris paribus, I'd consider it an ethical obligation. You may prefer otherwise.

-Jester

Afterthought: This is not to say that *all* wait times save lives, far from it. But moderate wait times may in fact be an overall benefit to health, rather than a detriment.
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The other Awards Obama will will this year... - by Jester - 10-18-2009, 11:34 PM

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