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    It is not the case that Favoring individual B over individual A based on cost difference alone is unfair when the cost difference is trivial

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    • 1.In resource-constrained healthcare systems, even trivial per-unit cost differences aggregate across populations into morally significant savings.
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    • 2.Redirecting aggregated savings toward unmet medical needs constitutes a legitimate distributive justice consideration, not mere unfairness to individuals.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Rawlsian and utilitarian frameworks both permit procedural rules that produce individually arbitrary-seeming outcomes when those rules maximize systemic fairness.
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    • 2.A consistent cost-sensitive allocation rule applied without discrimination is procedurally just even when its outputs appear locally unfair to specific claimants.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A trivial cost difference does not provide a morally significant justification for differential treatment
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    • 2.Differential treatment without morally significant justification is unfair
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