July 31, 2007 9:11AM 

# Headline from The Guardian (UK): “Woman, 108, must wait 18 months for hearing aid” 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Granted, the issue of [marginal cost vs. marginal benefit](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=&pid=1441301) is an important part of [this story](http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330294786-103690,00.html). But not as important as the issue of *who decides*.

And the headline is priceless.

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