Thousands of lives at risk under NHS plans to cost-cut on heart devices, doctors warn
(Daily Mail) - Thousands of lives could be at risk if a cost-cutting ban on life-saving heart devices is rubber stamped today, doctors warned.
The Health Service could be told to stop issuing drug-coated stents, tiny tubes inserted into arteries which release drugs to prevent the arteries narrowing again.
These are better for some patients than standard, bare metal ones but cost double the price at £600 each.
Last summer the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence said that although drug-eluting stents work, they were not cost-effective.
It is about to give its verdict on the matter.
The Health Service could be told to stop issuing drug-coated stents, tiny tubes inserted into arteries which release drugs to prevent the arteries narrowing again.
These are better for some patients than standard, bare metal ones but cost double the price at £600 each.
Last summer the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence said that although drug-eluting stents work, they were not cost-effective.
It is about to give its verdict on the matter.
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From RushLimbaugh.com:
I have some horrible news that's happening. Let me just read it right off the computer: "Thousands of lives at risk under the National Health Service's plan to cost cut on heart devices." Do you realize every week we get a story of how the British health care system is falling apart and more people are being told stay home, take care of yourselves, we don't have the means and we don't have the money? There's a whole private industry of hospitals setting up for people who can afford it without going through the NHS.
Do you know what the National Health Service is? The Hillary-Obama-Edwards health care plan. That's what the Canadian system is and what the British system is, and there's evidence all over the place, they don't work. They don't save anybody any money, and they don't give better medical care than what can be had in the United States of America. That's why we want to defeat these people, and I'm talking about, of course, within the political context of things.
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