The public does not truly understand what happens when the government is in charge of spending or granting funds for health. It is never even-handed. It cannot be, when there are budgets and limited funds to consider.
We already have that situation to a degree in the United States today, when more research is done on breast cancer than on prostate cancer because of inordinate political pressures. Aids research has always gotten more funds per normal need than does breast cancer. I wonder how many women realize that?
In Europe, rationing of drugs and treatment is the result of limited funds. Medical research in the U.S. will eventually be curtailed as well, when funds are strained under proposed legislation.
Need proof in the U.S.? Look at the states where a form of health care experimentation already is underway.
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