Our politicians and health technology institutions invite this comparison, and the obvious question, given that the latter consistently invokes opportunity cost to justify rejecting funding for innovative medicines. Opportunity cost is not just an economic consideration. It is a moral and ethical question when the powerful are preferenced over patients.
Opportunity cost is a moral and ethical question when it involves travel, tickets, or treating sick children
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