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"Death Panels" for breast cancer patients have been around for a long time, they are called health insurance companies. In case you missed it, major health insurance companies are refusing to cover patients with a history of breast cancer, it's too expensive.
And from your own link:
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The drug was initially approved after a study found that, by preventing blood flow to tumours, it extended the amount of time until the disease worsened by more than five months. However, two new studies have shown that the drug may not even extend life by an extra month.
$8,000. bucks a month? There's the problem! It's outrageous that these pharmaceutical companies charge those kinds of prices.
I made a decision a while back that if I ever become terminally ill I will not allow the doctors to pump me full of toxic chemicals, weaken me from the treatments, and put my family in major debt just to live a few months of a miserable existence. Even with insurance the cost of treatment is outrageous.
Every case is unique. Many cancers and or other illnesses can be treated, but some cannot if they're caught too late. If I'm ever diagnosed where I have a slim chance of survival then I believe it's stupid to allow the medical professionals to make you sicker for a few more months of a life spent in bed, sick, and going to and fro the doctors.
I would never put down anyone for choosing to take treatments even if it means only an extra six months of life. it's a personal decision.
I've cared for two terminal family members back to back. I was their primary caretaker, so I know what it's like to care for someone you love very much. It's a personal thing for me, but I choose not to do that to my family. I'd rather hike in the Bitteroots; fly fish, and spend time in the river.
So, if fly fishing and hiking in the mountains in my last six months of life is a death panel then so be it.
"Death Panels" for breast cancer patients have been around for a long time, they are called health insurance companies. In case you missed it, major health insurance companies are refusing to cover patients with a history of breast cancer, it's too expensive.
And from your own link:
So now they'll be covered but not allowed the drugs to treat it.
"Death Panels" for breast cancer patients have been around for a long time, they are called health insurance companies. In case you missed it, major health insurance companies are refusing to cover patients with a history of breast cancer, it's too expensive.......
In case you missed it, before Obamacare was passed, at least women had the option of seeking treatment even when insurance wouldn't pay. Now, no one gets to seek additional treatment outside of HHS Sec. treatment guidlines. No one....well, except current and former members of Congress who conveniently exempted themselves from the law they imposed upon the unwashed masses (whom they are supposed to serve).
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2008 some 1,990 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among men and about 450 men will die from breast cancer in the United States.
Of course, the incidence is still small, and mortality is low, but you should still self-examine.
If the drug company wants to sell this drug, they can lower the extremely high cost of it! The cost is $8,000 (£5,000) a month or $266/day. With exorbitant prices like this, it is the drug company that is the death panel.
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Avastin made $5.9 billion (£3.8 billion) in sales last year and is made by Genentech, a San Francisco-based unit of the Swiss drug maker Roche.
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