THE NEW YORK TIMES: U.S. Civil Rights Office Rejects Rationing Medical Care Based on Disability, Age
With coronavirus rapidly moving through the country, a federal civil rights agent warns that states may not use discriminatory tactics to decide who will be treated. An investigation was just launched March 28 to be sure states are not basing medical care on disability or other protected classes. Washington's and Alabama's laws dealing with coronavirus medical plans are what caused this investigation.
The fear of a shortage of breathing machines sparked these care rationing plans after Italy allowed doctors to choose who lives and who dies. In the US, it is reminded, we may not base these choices in a discriminatory way.
