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Reasoning Based On Cost Has Been Strenuously Resisted; It Violated The Hippocratic Oath, Was Associated With Rationing, And Derided As Putting A Price On Life... Indeed, Many Physicians Were Willing To Lie To Get Patients What They Needed From Insurance Companies That Were Trying To Hold Down Costs.

The President Recognizes That Funding Global Health Is Good For National Security, Domestic Health And Global Diplomacy. Consequently, President Obama Has Steadily Increased Funding For The President's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief, Or Pepfar, Which Was Created By President Bush And Has Strong Bipartisan Support.

We Had A Big Controversy In The United States When There Was A Limited Number Of Dialysis Machines. In Seattle, They Appointed What They Called A 'god Committee' To Choose Who Should Get It, And That Committee Was Eventually Abandoned. Society Ended Up Paying The Whole Bill For Dialysis Instead Of Having People Make Those Decisions.

Anyone Who Lives In Washington And Has An Official Position Viscerally Understands The Cost Of A Lack Of Privacy. Every Dinner - Especially Ones With A Journalist In Attendance - Is Preceded By The Mandatory, 'this Is Off The Record.' But Everyone Also Knows, Nothing Is Really 'off The Record.

Childhood Vaccines Are One Of The Great Triumphs Of Modern Medicine. Indeed, Parents Whose Children Are Vaccinated No Longer Have To Worry About Their Child's Death Or Disability From Whooping Cough, Polio, Diphtheria, Hepatitis, Or A Host Of Other Infections.