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The Difference between Voluntary Exchange and Rationing in Healthcare

By Michael A. LaFerrara

May 09, 2012
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In a recent post, a reader 502632258:

Even without a national healthcare plan the old person is taking a finite amount of time away from the possibility of the doctor working on a younger patient. Therefore rationing is inevitable in any system. Rationing has to take place. It is only fair to allow the rationing to take place through a democracy [government ratio…

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