Grown up decision making
How You Ask The Question Matters – Pre-Existing Conditions « Enabling Healthy Decisions: "All of those in the communications space realize that linguistics do matter especially in certain healthcare situations. I think this is a great example of how politics and healthcare are playing out. No one really understands everything. They understand and get excited (pro or con) based on the soundbite."
This is a really stark example of this issue. It should come as no surprise really. If you ask people "Do you want people with cancer to have access to health services?" Most will say yes. If you ask people "Do you want to pay more for you health insurance so that others can be covered?" Most will say no. Neither of those things is surprising. If you remove the responsibility of balancing the competing interests, it is expected and natural that people will want everything.
It takes political courage to tell people they can't have everything. When resources are limited, hard decisions must be made. Virtually every adult in the world should understand that; it's what we do every day when managing our budgets and time. We need to demand the same realization and maturity from our leaders.
This is a really stark example of this issue. It should come as no surprise really. If you ask people "Do you want people with cancer to have access to health services?" Most will say yes. If you ask people "Do you want to pay more for you health insurance so that others can be covered?" Most will say no. Neither of those things is surprising. If you remove the responsibility of balancing the competing interests, it is expected and natural that people will want everything.
It takes political courage to tell people they can't have everything. When resources are limited, hard decisions must be made. Virtually every adult in the world should understand that; it's what we do every day when managing our budgets and time. We need to demand the same realization and maturity from our leaders.
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