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From the Mid-Hudson Valley Perspective Archive
$1 MILLION GENE THERAPY COST DRAWS FIRE
Battle lines are being drawn as the first gene therapy for an inherited condition nears the U.S. market, offering hope for people with a rare form of blindness and creating a cost dilemma for healthcare providers.
(Posted Thursday, November 16, 2017 ) <Read it>
--NewsMax.com--
Editorial Comment
When people consider healthcare a right, it raises the question of just how much healthcare is a right. Do people have a right to every treatment available regardless of the cost? If that becomes accepted, it will bankrupt us all. - BK