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Vaccines Are The Most Cost-effective Health Care Interventions There Are. A Dollar Spent On A Childhood Vaccination Not Only Helps Save A Life, But Greatly Reduces Spending On Future Healthcare.

We Had A Big Controversy In The United States When There Was A Limited Number Of Dialysis Machines. In Seattle, They Appointed What They Called A 'god Committee' To Choose Who Should Get It, And That Committee Was Eventually Abandoned. Society Ended Up Paying The Whole Bill For Dialysis Instead Of Having People Make Those Decisions.

Childhood Vaccines Are One Of The Great Triumphs Of Modern Medicine. Indeed, Parents Whose Children Are Vaccinated No Longer Have To Worry About Their Child's Death Or Disability From Whooping Cough, Polio, Diphtheria, Hepatitis, Or A Host Of Other Infections.

Services Provided To Individuals Who Are Irreversibly Prevented From Being Or Becoming Participating Citizens Are Not Basic And Should Not Be Guaranteed. An Obvious Example Is Not Guaranteeing Health Services To Patients With Dementia.

Guilt. It Comes Naturally To Me As A Jew And A Liberal.