There would almost surely be a censoring effect no matter what age cutoff you pick, and even allowing for typical government incompetence, surely at some level health econometricians are involved in this type of policy and are aware and facilitate whatever trade-offs are being sought.
I love roasting poor government policy decision making as much as the next person, but that would be a bridge too far.
I love roasting poor government policy decision making as much as the next person, but that would be a bridge too far.