To me, the only thing more ‘disturbing’ than a system which routinely fails its most vulnerable people by failing to provide adequate care and support for a good quality-of-life is a system which fails its most vulnerable people in that way and then also forces them to continue to suffer indefinitely.
I agree that we should not accept a system that does not provide everyone a good chance at a decent quality of life. I also believe strongly we should do everything we can to develop better treatments and cures.
At the same time, it is cruel to allow hubris or sentiment to blind us to the reality that, today, even the most well-allocated resources are finite, and our medical knowledge isn’t advanced enough to effectively treat—let alone cure—a huge number of non-fatal quality-of-life diseases.
Maybe Canada’s system needs more safeguards, maybe it doesn’t. It’s impossible to tell by reading this article, which is heavy on innuendo and light on data.
I agree that we should not accept a system that does not provide everyone a good chance at a decent quality of life. I also believe strongly we should do everything we can to develop better treatments and cures.
At the same time, it is cruel to allow hubris or sentiment to blind us to the reality that, today, even the most well-allocated resources are finite, and our medical knowledge isn’t advanced enough to effectively treat—let alone cure—a huge number of non-fatal quality-of-life diseases.
Maybe Canada’s system needs more safeguards, maybe it doesn’t. It’s impossible to tell by reading this article, which is heavy on innuendo and light on data.