Should Costs or Medical Necessity Decide What Medical Treatment You Receive?

Question by Obama – Wimp in the White House: Should costs or medical necessity decide what medical treatment you receive?
Europe has Universal Healthcare. I was reading a story today about it and basically the central healthcare planning board said the following:

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Guidelines (Nice) has ruled for the first time that saving a life cannot be justified at any cost, in a review of its ethical guidelines.

Nice is facing growing criticism over the number of drugs it is now rejecting which are available throughout Europe and in America. Last week, it refused to sanction four kidney cancer drugs which can double life expectancy.

It has now rejected the so-called “rule of rescue” which stipulates that people facing death should be treated regardless of the costs. The rule is based on the natural impulse to aid individuals in trouble.

NICE is the Universal Healthcare Medical Board for England. So is this what is in store for us here in the United States?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2547393/Patients-should-not-expect-NHS-to-save-their-life-if-it-costs-too-much.html
Mike – what kind of answer is that?
Tribeca – please show me proof

Best answer:

Answer by Mike Hawk
both

Answer by tribeca_belle
The insurance companies put costs before medical necessity here in this country. Note that people in the European countries that have universal health care live longer than people in this country. Tens of millions of Americans have no health coverage whatsoever. Your comparisons are without merit considering the dismal situation that we are in as far as health care coverage.

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