Really this is quite simple. A drug treatment that costs this much simply is not, in truth, a treatment available to the population at large. Allowing drug companies to pretend otherwise is morally corrupt. Societies have to exert control over their health care systems, not allow the drug companies to push these cases. Yes it does mean some people will miss out on "available" treatments and that is distressing but every dollar diverted to pay for these expensive drugs means depriving others of some health care. Unless of course we are prepared to have an open cheque book on our spending for drugs, which is possibly exactly what the drug companies are trying to achieve.

Really this is quite simple. A drug treatment that costs this much simply is not, in truth, a treatment available to the population at large. Allowing drug companies to pretend otherwise is morally corrupt. Societies have to exert control over their health care systems, not allow the drug companies to push these cases. Yes it does mean some people will miss out on "available" treatments and that is distressing but every dollar diverted to pay for these expensive drugs means depriving others of some health care. Unless of course we are prepared to have an open cheque book on our spending for drugs, which is possibly exactly what the drug companies are trying to achieve.

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