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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
I am 5 years of retirement amd through out my life l have paid my taxes and National Insurance to insure that my life is worth survival, so why is it if l become ill, would not be able to get the drugs l need to survive, as the NHS cannot afford the drug.
We have heard today that a drug costing approx under a pound is going to be used for a certain illness, would not put a strain on the NHS.
The cost of a life is paramount, therefore the NHS should provide that drug, no matter what the cost, we have already heard that another drug that prolong life is too expensive to buy. WHY isn't life important, and we are paying for that drug via Insurance, there is something wrong somewhere.
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Sorry Arthur, I can't ascertain exactly what you are talking about and if this drug is something you personally need or something you read about.
These drugs are often not the difference between life and death, they usually offer a slightly better treatment which isn't always proven and may vary from person to person. I.e "Shown it could be more effective in 20% of people". If a simple pill would 'cure' someone then the NHS would probably go for it, not least because it would be cheaper than continued care.
The NHS however hasn't got a bottomless pit of money to spend on new, often experimental, and very expensive drugs. It needs to decide how best to effectively treat the widest amount of people at an affordable level and often these treatments are of marginal benefit to a very small amount of people, at a widely disproportionate cost. The NHS will, hopefully, have statistically worked out how their budget can best serve the widest group possible. Sadly, such an impersonal approach can mean an individual can be without the best treatment possible but hopefully that's very rare and the difference negligible.