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Current Events => Political Ammunition => Topic started by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on November 19, 2009, 08:59:23 AM

Title: HEALTHCARE: Death Panels Become Reality
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on November 19, 2009, 08:59:23 AM

A drug that can prolong the lives of patients with advanced liver cancer has been rejected for use in the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) [Orwell says: :bird: -MSB] said the cost of Nexavar - about £3,000 a month - was "simply too high".

But Macmillan Cancer Support said the decision was "a scandal".

More than 3,000 people are diagnosed with liver cancer every year in the UK and their prognosis is generally poor.

Only about 20% of patients are alive one year after diagnosis, dropping to just 5% after five years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8367614.stm

Title: Re: HEALTHCARE: Death Panels Become Reality
Post by: JohnnyReb on November 23, 2009, 07:33:34 AM

My BIL was diagnosed with colon and liver cancer just last week..... I guess if you got to have cancer it's better for him that he got in under the wire before Obamacare became a reality.