Choose a side on whether you think resource allocation should be distributed by need or by merit by administrators at a hospital?

Which do you think is best suited to create the greatest good for a community? Defend your answer.  

Does the need of the people in poverty, the disabled, and with chronic disabilities provide a reasonable justification for their demand for service? Should priority healthcare be distributed by price?  What are the pros and cons of each line of thought? Defend your answer.