PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Special Rights, Asthma, Distributive Justice
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Who should receive: everyone or those who paid for it. Pays: everyone for it through taxes, or just insurance. Week 12 lecture #19: tuesday, november 17, 2015. Not for free, someone has to pay for it & get paid. Limited, only so many organs/ health care practices/ practitioners. Whether or not ppl can use the treatment just for their case. Canada spends a lot of money on health care. Organization that manages hc have authorization distributing hc. Difficult test to administer may be rejected based on cost. Not only patients, but physician has to balance what"s of value. Burden: taxation for hc, employer"s obligation to provide hc. Fair distribution of society"s benefits & burdens. Government protects pursuit of interest w/o coercion, fraud. Government has no obligation to adjust distribution. No right to equal distribution of benefits. The distribution of hc in a free market. Would be morally wrong for gov"t to redistribute hc.
