Sunday we wrote about the idea of denying health care to those whom it was uneconomical to treat. The article triggering our post focused on withholding treatment for smokers and the obese.
Another "take" on withholding treatment for those whom it is uneconomical to treat is withholding it from those who cannot pay for it. In a market economy people can spend their money how they choose, within reason.
Today their choices include buying health care not otherwise paid for by insurance, like botox injections, face lifts, or other "elective" procedures. In the future it might include doctor appointments for smokers or the obese or skateboarders.
In a dystopian future society might withhold treatment from the unemployed, the poor, criminals, the homeless, the insane, the chronically ill, and those with whose lifestyles the mainstream society disagreed. They might honor this approach as "enhanced Darwinism." It doesn't sound like fun.
