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This came up on the BBC news today. Just thought you may be interested.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8243563.stm
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Access to bone drugs - UK view
- By esporlesbabe
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 2:45 am · 3 replies
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- By theorchardhouse
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 11:28 am
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Hmmmmm.... I think the most important message here is not the "safety" of any particular drug, but the possible "dangers" of a national health care plan and how it could possibly threaten the health of all Americans. NICE is the government agency that decides which drugs will be available to the UK public under their national health care plan. It underscores the importance of citizens being able to retain control in their medical health care options. Personally, I want to do my own research and make my own decision about which drug I might decide to try. I don't want my options limited because a government agency determines that drug is not "cost effecient."
This excerpt was taken from Wikipedia.
"The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence or NICE is a special health authority of the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales.[1] It was set up as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in 1999, and on 1 April 2005 joined with the Health Development Agency to become the new National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (still abbreviated as NICE).[2][3]
NICE publishes clinical appraisals of whether particular treatments should be considered worthwhile by the NHS.[4] These appraisals are based primarily on evaluations of efficacy and cost-effectiveness in various circumstances.
NICE was established in an attempt to defuse the so-called postcode lottery of healthcare in England and Wales, where treatments that were available depended upon the NHS primary care trust area in which the patient happened to live. The institute has acquired a high reputation internationally as a role model for the explicit prioritisation of health services.[5] NICE also plays an important role in pioneering technology assessment in other healthcare systems through NICE International, established in May 2008 to help cultivate links with foreign governments.[6]"
Sharon
- By Tuftie
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 2:19 pm
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Sharon, I'm in total agreement with you. Please, please, please, to keeping the government out of our health care!
- By Raven1
- Posted November 8, 2009 at 1:28 pm
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It's the insurance companies who decide what drug you take in the US, not the government. Since the health care industry will still be controlled by insurance companies you all will have nothing to worry about!
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