Health care for the elderly

             Health care rationing for the elderly has been an ongoing issue in the health field for a long time. Rationing can be defined by deciding to whether or not to withhold a medical service for many reasons such as age, sex, religion, cost, etc. Health care rationing among the elderly is most commonly heard about. Physicians in the past have been trying to prove their reasoning for why they decided not to treat their patients. People view this topic being ethical or not. Due to this, throughout the years there has been much controversy and many different opinions health care rationing for the elderly.
             The older population is the fastest growing population in the world, they are also the group is most likely to "require expensive and intensive medical treatment" (Aged-Based). There are many reasons why the topic of rationing health care for the elderly comes up. The rise in the national health care budget is one of the main reasons. In order to balance the spending of this budget, the "medical services for the elderly or dying must decrease" (Taking Sides). Most of the money that the federal government pays for health care goes to the elderly. For example, the cost of Medicare in one year was spent on one- third the population that died that same year (Taking Sides). The majority of money spent in health care is spent for better technology treatments for the elderly in their last year of life. The older the person receiving the treatment than the more money it takes to treat that person. Many people see that spending that much money for the population that is going to die soon is a waste of their tax dollars.
             There are many people who agree with the idea of rationing health care for the elderly, even including the elderly themselves. In recent surveys, the majority of the older population agreed that the younger people should receive health care priority. Most of the elderly that seek treatment hav...

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