Government Medicine: Court Declares Child Should Die Rather Than Receive Privately-Funded Health Care
Tags HealthLegal System
06/29/2017Ryan McMaken
In a government-controlled healthcare system, the state determines who can receive treatment and when. This has long been admitted. But, what is less often discussed is that once a patient finds himself within a state-run healthcare facility, the state may deny him treatment — even if privately funded.
This was recently illustrated when Charlie Gard, a small child suffering from mitochondrial depletion syndrome, was denied privately-funded treament planned by his parents.
According to the BBC:
https://mises.org/blog/government-medicine-court-declares-child-should-die-rather-receive-privately-funded-health-care
