Question

Scenario 2 ?We can offer you a couple of options,? Dr. Kenton said. ?Whatever will make the pain stay away,? Bill Czahz said. ?We can do coronary artery-bypass surgery. Two arteries are involved, so for you it would be a double bypass.? ?This isn?t something experimental?? ?No, it?s a well-established procedure with a good safety record. About eighty percent who have surgery get rid of their angina.? ?I don?t much like the idea of being cut, but I?d do most anything to stop those chest pains.? ?The other option is that we can treat you medically. We can try you on some drugs and see how you do, put you on a diet, and keep a close watch on you. People we treat this way do a little bit better in terms of living longer than those treated surgically. That?s a little misleading, though, because those who have surgery usually have worse cases of the disease.? ?What about the angina pains?? Mr. Czahz asked. ?There?s the problem. Medical treatment can do something about th pains, but it?s really not as effective as surgery.? ?So I?ll take the surgery.? ?Aren?t you on health stamps?? Dr. Kenton asked. ?That?s right.? ?We?ve got a problem then. You see, health stamps won?t cover the cost of bypass surgery. It?s an optional procedure under the HHS guidelines, and they won?t kick in the extra money to pay for it.? ?So I have to make up the difference myself?? ?That?s right,? Dr. Kenton said. ?You?re going to have to come up with about five thousand in cash.? ?Dr. Kenton, there?s no way I can do that.? ?Okay, then. I just wanted you to know what the possibilities were. We can put you on a treatment program, and I?m sure you?ll do just fine.? ?But what about the angina pain?? ?We?ll do what we can,? Dr. Kenton said. A. Would a national health care system that provided some minimal amount for each person be morally correct? B. Would a national health care system that provided health care coverage for only the least expensive treatment options be morally correct? How would someone respond to this question using the ethical principles of KANTIAN?

Answer 1

A. The problem faced here is that the bypass surgery which has to be covered under the health policy is excluded and the patient is been asked to pay for it separately. According to me this act is morally incorrect. People buy health schemes or insurances for the future. What the people sees is that when they get ill or in need of a major surgery which is going to cost them a lot, they can make use of the schemes or policies.

Another problem that I've seen is that the people don't go through the policies. They just see the figures and be happy with that. They don't read the clauses written in the policy which eventually puts them in big trouble later.

B. This kind of act by the national health care system is unacceptable and morally wrong. They should make the schemes more wide covering the major surgeries. For that the premium can be raised a little bit. Surgeries like corona artery bypass, are one of the most important surgeries which if not done in correct time can even lead to death, should not be exempted from the health policies.