Yesterday I referred to a Wall Street Journal article about some people who have managed to successfully fight cancer with a drug cocktail approach. One thing the article did not talk about was how much experimental treatments can cost. A few days ago in the San Francisco Chronicle there was an article that talked about this very subject: Insurer said no, so cancer patient pays for experimental treatment which is about Evanthias Pappas desire to participate in a very experimental study at a cost of $235,000 to fight her very aggressive cancer.
There are so many different experimental treatments out there and they all cost. Is a doctor being unfair in not supporting a patient who wants to go after an unproven treatment at exorbitant costs?
In Brave New World, the dying all hung out strung out on soma, but in our society that approach is pretty frowned upon. What does the future hold? Will health care plans eventually have Plan A. Fight fights that have a 50% survival rate. Plan B. Fight fights that have a 75% survival rate. And the top of the line plan.... Plan C. Fight regardless of survival rates. And what will plan C cost?
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