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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of this is of no fault of the free users of healthcare.  Expensive new therapies are adopted without good evidence that they improve patient outcomes. A recent example comes from the approval of new cancer drugs, which can cost well over $100,000 per year and are often expected to extend life for little more than a month.  (Cutler DM, McClellan M. Is technological change in medicine worth it? Health Aff. 2001;20(5):11-29.). Because healthcare is delivered in a way where some consumers do not have to critically evaluate best value alternatives for best patient outcome and best use of resources AND sellers of healthcare services are rewarded for providing more services, there's little incentive to drive healthcare costs down.  Since the insurance system spreads out total costs as premiums for the whole group, costs for the group increase. [/quote]

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My aunt had breast cancer and it was clear that the end was months, if not weeks away. Still, she got some new drug that cost something exorbitant (like low hundreds per pill) and lengthened her life by a few (sleepy) days. [/quote]

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