The "Oregon Plan" proposed in the 1980s for state funded health care consisted of: 1) ranking all possible medical procedures from the least expensive to the most expensive and from the most effective (highest probability of success) to the least effective, 2) adding cumulatively the expected total costs of these procedures to the system, starting from the least expensive and most effective procedure to the most expensive and least effective, and 3) splitting the list at the point where the cumulative costs reach the available budget for health care. Procedures above this line would be funded, those below would not. This plan was opposed by many religious leaders because: a. The plan would not work.
b. Economics is an irreligious science.
c. If was proposed by Republicans
d. The plan implies calculating and comparing the value of human life against the financial burden on the taxpayers, which is unacceptable to many religious ethical traditions.
e. It would favor the rich.
f. They often tend to believe that everyone has a "right" to life-saving health care, regardless of cost.
g. It was proposed by Democrats
h. It was proposed by economists