Abstract
...This paper seeks first to provide an accurate account of what Oregon has done and is now doing with its prioritization of health services. Second, I will explore the relevance of the Oregon Plan to the issue of America's movement toward universal health insurance. I will then turn to three recurrent ethical debates associated with the Oregon Plan: the question of fairness in allocation policies directed primarily toward the poor; the question of political ethics associated with "rationing" health care; and the question of community involvement in the ethics of complex public policy decisions....
