Thousands of patients with terminal cancer were dealt a blow last night after a decision was made to deny them life prolonging drugs.
The Government’s rationing body said two drugs for advanced breast cancer and a rare form of stomach cancer were too expensive for the NHS.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is expected to confirm guidance in the next few weeks that will effectively ban their use.
The move comes despite a pledge by Nice to be more flexible in giving life-extending drugs to terminally-ill cancer patients after a public outcry last year over ‘death sentence’ decisions. L
eading campaigners last night said Nice had failed the ‘acid test’ of whether it really intended to give new priority to people with just a few months to live.
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After reading that, do you still want the government to decide what treatment you get? About 10 years ago my insurance paid out over 100 thousand dollars to keep me alive and so you know how I feel about socialized healthcare! I don’t want the government to have any say over myself and my family doctor!
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(1) UPDATE 06 Mar – No gov’t health insurance
(2) An interview with John Goodman on the future of health care …Europe socialist governments provide “free” universal health care for everyone.
(3) GoodTimePolitics Is a Coward
(4) Let them eat pork, part 9,999: Senate at work