Life prolonging cancer drugs to be banned because they cost too much (UK)

What most here seem to be missing is, the fact that Government run Health care will be handled like Social Security/FICA payments out of everyone’s paycheck.

Not only will the cost of running this system be more than twice the cost of running it on a private level, the funds will wind up in the same mess like the one we have for SS/FICA. Much of the funds will go out to the Senators and Reps. for PORK projects and budget irresponsibility like the current system is so well known for.

The Government will attempt to cover up their gross incompetence by forcing clinics, doctors, etc, to take less pay, which will cut research and development. They will also still make the system liable for lawsuits, in order to keep the Lawyer lobby happy. So, we will have countless lawsuits and court fiasco's mucking up the process and the taxpayers will be left holding the tab when the lawyers get paid for sucking more blood from the system.

This is the real reason to do all we can to stop this. Even though I believe there is not much any of can do at this point. It will pass before the year is out, like all the other impulsive/poisonous legislation has.

A couple of years ago Wisconsin was looking at providing Universal health care for its residents. Both the Wall Street Journal, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (a very liberal paper) looked at the costs, and they both determined it would cost each worker in Wisconsin an average of $500.00 a month PER worker, funded through a payroll tax like SS is now. That of course was an average!

We all know that workers making $25,000 a year would pay much less than that, and those making $100,000 a year would pay a heck of a lot more.

My husband and I make around $100,000 a year combined right now, and his company provides healthcare with a small deductible but no premiums or copays (I know we are lucky) but for us that would be an automatic $1,000 a month cut in pay minimum. On top of the extra taxes we already pay over the minimum wage worker, we just can't afford it.

People tend to forget, that besides taxes, middle income people pay more for a lot of stuff. Our son is a freshman in college, because of our income, and the fact that he is a white male, of average grades, and not very athletically inclined we pay FULL price for tuition. He is not eligible for grants, and even student loans are non subsidized meaning he pays interest on them from the beginning.

From what I remember of living in the states, health insurance companies also tried to ‘ration’ healthcare in a similar way. The worse your insurance, the more rationing there would be. Oh, and if you had a history of health problems. Forget it. One of our neighbours had a heart attack and he couldn’t get health insurance for three years after that.
Of course, as in the states, if you’ve got enough money, you can pay for your treatment privately yourself, but that requires you to be loaded. Either way, the richest will get the best medical care. It’s just the way it is....

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