News and Politics | November 12, 2011 | 3 comments

The View On The Streets: Should a price be put on life?

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Innovations in clinical practice, drugs and other technologies can improve the quality and extent of patients’ lives – but they are often expensive. With budget cuts looming, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been charged with helping the government to decide which treatments are sufficiently cost effective to be made available on the NHS. But for those facing life threatening illnesses, can a price be put on life? We ask the public whether medicine should be rationed due to its price and denied according to your lifestyle. For many, this is an affront to the value of human life and most argue that medicine should not be rationed even it only gives us a few more weeks life. Lifestyle however is a different ball game and sadly the idea that healthcare should be rationed for smokers, drinkers and the obese is gaining ground.
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  • doddy
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      doddy  

    • We should think ourselves lucky to have the healthcare we have (compared to some countries) and it certainly should NOT be rationed.
      I read once that 2 people living on opposite sides of the same street were both struck down with the same illness, but only one of them got treatment...WHY? Because their postcodes were different therefore came under different Health Authorities! How can a price be put on a life? I don’t understand.
      Everyone, no matter where they live or what lifestyle they have, should get the best possible treatment and healthcare, regardless of cost.
      The woman at the end of the film sums it up perfectly.

    • 6 months ago
  • DErrico
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      DErrico  

    • A very interesting description upon what the people think about “the price of life”. I could hear different points of view but, in my opinion, all the people interviewed especially those who agreed with and had a “ theoretical justification” on the Nhs cuts, you could hear their conscience and see they were embarrassed and had difficulty arguing their point of view...maybe this shows how difficult it is to give a value on the someone’s life...

    • 7 months ago
  • skumar2011
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      skumar2011  

    • Life is priceless! It should not be up to any organization looking at a balance sheet to tell people whether or not the degree of increase in their quality of life, extended for however long a drug can provide, is not worth it.

    • 7 months ago
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