Or just not paid for at all, as is common in EU countries (cancer survivability is much worse in the EU and if it weren’t for American obesity would push EU lifespans below the US)
Zooming out - if the US were like France, these drugs would not be developed in the first place. France is lucky that there are other countries willing to shoulder R&D costs for them.
> Or just not paid for at all, as is common in EU countries (cancer survivability is much worse in the EU and if it weren’t for American obesity would push EU lifespans below the US)
Not really. If they’re expensive, in France the health system might decide to not pay for it. Or pay for it in very restricted cases.
You wouldn’t know about it though, your doctors would just tell you that they are out of therapeutic options and to gather with your loved ones, unaware of the fact that your cancer is actually treatable.
Source: Am French, happened to a very good friend of mine 5years ago. They ended up surviving after a gofundme paid for a US treatment, administered in a private hospital in Barcelona. They made it and are doing well now, thanks to the “evil US private capitalist health system”
It’s such a tough thing. To me my life is worth infinite money and every possible dollar I can get ahold of. If that applied to everyone then we go literally bankrupt and spend every available dollar of GDP very quickly.
