Despite the numerous benefits the affordable care act brings to the table some ethical and legal issues have been raised concerning some aspects. The most compelling is perhaps the rationing and death panels. Rationing is simply the allocation of scarce resources and is inevitable, however in some instances it might endanger the lives of patients for example due to inadequate resources in ICUs, medics are forced to ration time in terms of the period they allocate to each patient or transfer patients to other areas so as to accommodate new entrants in face of scarce beds (Leonard, 2013).
The healthcare system is supposed to provide adequate and quality patient care which is not the case in the above scenario. Shortagesare synonymous with high
The healthcare system is supposed to provide adequate and quality patient care which is not the case in the above scenario. Shortagesare synonymous with high