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I'm not sure what's so controversial about this. It doesn't matter whether health care is private or public, it will involve making tough decisions about who is worth caring for in the end of their life and who isn't. It always has: private insurance does this every single day. It doesn't matter whether it's private or public, a certain degree of rationing is necessary. What Reich is referring to is not letting someone die who could otherwise be healed, he's talking about not spending $100,000 to keep someone alive for 3 extra months in a hospital bed when all it is doing is prolonging their inevitable and fast-approaching death. A public option would, and should, avoid such things... but note, it is an option. If you are someone who cares to have those 3 extra months sitting barely lucid in a hospital bed, then get private insurance that will pay those costs for you.... if you can find it.
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