Health Reform and Cancer

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Author(s) Myrna Ulfik
Source The Wall Street Journal
Date July 30, 2009
URL http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204886304574306693989102298.html
Quote
Quotes-start.png "Yes, developing more effective, less toxic treatments is expensive. The prices of new cancer therapies reflect the billion-dollar cost of developing each new drug. But such treatments can be life-saving, as they have been for me. Despite its warts, our system works. Carelessly tinkering with it will have a world-wide penalty—the stifling of new drug development." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.