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Jun 19 2023 12:58am
Rationing healthcare by race
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-surgeons-must-now-consider-ethnicity-in-prioritising-patients-for-operations-some-are-not-happy/ONGOC263IFCF3LADSRR6VTGQWE/
Auckland surgeons are now being required to consider a patient’s ethnicity alongside other factors when deciding who should get an operation first.

Several surgeons say they are upset by the policy, which was introduced in Auckland in February and gave priority to Māori and Pacific Island patients - on the grounds that they have historically had unequal access to healthcare.

Health officials stress that ethnicity is just one of five factors considered in deciding when a person gets surgery, and that it is an important step in addressing poor health outcomes within Māori and Pacific populations.

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Jun 19 2023 01:10am
Lots of states started doing this in the US during the pandemic for rationing critical covid care. By conflating cause and correlation with race and obesity. Being black put you in the front of the line.
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Jun 19 2023 01:14am
With money you can buy your own doctor or their time.

No waiting in lines or being picked based on a lottery.
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