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Ethical Issues: Expenditures, Quality, Privilege vs. Right

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What tensions exist between protection of the public's health and protection of individual rights?

How should scarce health resources be allocated and used?

What should the balance be between expenditures and quality of life in the case of chronic and terminal illness?

What are appropriate limits on using expensive medical technology?

What obligations do health care insurers and health care providers have in meeting the right-to-know of patients as consumers?

What responsibility exists for the young to finance health care for older persons?

What obligation exists for government to protect the most vulnerable sectors of society?

Is health care a right or privilege in the United States?

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