Tag: cancer drugs

Cancer drugs; 60 minutes investigates the high cost and why doctors are furious

  Cancer drugs; 60 minutes investigates the high cost and why doctors are furious. Medical cost bankruptcy is a huge problem in the United States, and part of the problem has to do with the high cost of treatment for cancer due which is driven by the drugs that are used to treat it. Much of the cost explosion was allowed by the Medicare part D plans that came into law in 2006, with no provision for the government to negotiate drug prices. Without government oversight, small insurers stand little chance of fairly negotiating those prices as well, which has Read More »

NY Magazine takes on the cost of cancer drugs; you will find this hard to believe.

NY Magazine takes on the cost of cancer drugs; you will find this hard to believe. The cost of healthcare services is ridiculous in the USA which is something most of us are accustomed to. The cost of staying alive temporarily if you have terminal cancer is extraordinary according to a new NY Times article. You have to read this article to believe it. Even doctors at the famed Sloan Kettering hospital system are balking at these prices which are for drugs proven to give you a few more months at best. Apparently, the FDA approves drugs based on their Read More »