£2.50-a-day drug Aricept, there are concerns over whether it would be funded on the Health Service.
If you had the choice of paying about $5 a day or having your mind go away why wouldn't you pay? Why should whether or not their fellow citizens are forced to pay for it be the deciding factor? Can you imagine someone saying "Oh I'm sorry, I'd rather have Alzheimer's than fork over the £2.50 a day out o me own pocket."
The lauded British health care system - free health care for everyone, as long as treatment is well under $5 a day.
Obama wants to bring this to you.