> From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
>
> Triage?? Did I miss something? In my first aid and rescue work
> triage has
> to do with sorting multiple victims such that the ones needing
> treatment
> first are actually treated first.
OED: "the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to
decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients..."
So sure, triage is huge in first aid and rescue, but it is also how
other medical resources get allocated.
I'd argue that it's easier to do triage in a socialist system than in
a capitalist system, since under capitalism, it's simply supply and
demand, so those with the most money can demand the quickest care
(regardless of their need), rather than those with the most need
getting the quickest care.
So two MRIs, same hospital, same patient: one takes hours and the
other takes a week. Average those two and you're pretty close to the
three days that Richard claimed could not be met under universal
health care. That's due to needs-based triage.
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