[FocusNexus]

It’s mostly not cost effective to keep old people alive, so they’ll probably won’t be able to get drugs, all in the “interest of the common good”.

[FocusNexus]

More preview of things to come... If you have a serious disease like cancer, the sooner you die, the more “cost effective” it is for the government. This UK rationing is what Daschle wants to pattern the US government controlled health care after.

Forget the misleading title:

Terminally ill cancer patients to be given more life extending drugs on NHS after NICE U-turn

“NICE has come under fierce attack for the way it decides which drugs the NHS will fund and the length of time it takes to do so.

The protests reached a new level earlier this year when it issued draft advice barring patients with advanced kidney cancer from getting drugs available in most other Western countries. The furore led to the decision being deferred until next month, when many expect it to be reversed. “

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1101891/Terminally-ill-cancer-patients-given-life-extending-drugs-NHS-NICE-U-turn.html

[Dosa26]

welcome to the future.

[OldMissileer]

It’s mostly not cost effective to keep old people alive, so they’ll probably won’t be able to get drugs, all in the “interest of the common good”.

That policy will also alleviate much of the Social Security deficit problem.

Do not think they do not see that aspect too!