US breast cancer drug decision 'marks start of death panels'

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

So wait, are you a socialist or anti-socialist? Cause the idea that people who can't afford a drug at $8,000 a month that may not even extend the life of a terminally ill patient by a month should have that drug paid for by taxpayer dollars sure sounds socialist to me. Let's face it, this is just a drug company trying to stick it to the American people by vastly overcharging for an inferior product.

I agree about the price vs effectivity if that's true. I think the article was referring to the process of how it will go, when someday it's blocking drugs that are much cheaper than $8000 with better results, all because of the bottom line.