Rationing health care

Candidate Bloomberg poked the hornets nest when he suggested that a 95 year old person should be denied cancer treatment. After allowing time for the hysteria to reside, calmer minds began to explain in more detail. The world of today does not have unlimited resources and healthcare is no exception. Logic concludes that full healthcare for all citizens is limited by cost benefit ratios and this problem is exasperated as new technology offers more expensive treatments. As people age their health cost increase and a high percentage of these cost occur after age 65. Once people come to the conclusion that not everyone can be treated without regards to cost then the realism of rationing comes into play. The next question then is who decides who gets what and therein lies the rub. As things stand now those with lots of money can get the best treatment. If Bill Gates gets sick he can buy the best care using the latest technology but this is not the case for the rest of us. This whole concept makes people uncomfortable but shouting down those who bring it up will not solve the problem.aaaaaaaaaaa