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Health Affairs, 26, no. 5 (2007): 1358-1365 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1358 © 2007 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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Barriers To Serving The Vulnerable: Thoughts Of A Former Public Official

Christine C. Ferguson

In an environment of limited resources, the question of who is deserving and undeserving of assistance becomes critical. Policymakers’ biases about whether a health condition is self-inflicted, as well as their perceptions about whether treatments are truly effective, play a major role—often unstated—in the allocation of resources.

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