Unnecessary cancer deaths in Britain

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Prof Jacobsen talked about the 10,000 unnecessary cancer deaths in Britain:
“Since Britain’s population is less than one-fifth that of the U.S., the equivalent number of unnecessary deaths in the U.S. would exceed 50,000. The U.S. has cancer survival rates which exceed even the better European countries, so that number may be higher. Keep that in mind the next time you hear Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) and others throw around fictitious numbers about how many people die in the U.S. from lack of insurance.”
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: 10,000 Unnecessary Cancer Deaths (in Britain)

Increase in rationing means increase in unnecessary deaths. If you want that, then let the govt take over health care then.
 
Their problems; not ours.

Many countries with public healthcare have tighter regulations than the messed up English NHS. Even the Scottish NHS is far superior to the English (or what is commonly referred to as "British NHS".)
 
This is baloney. A scaremongering on British side.

First of all, lung and bowel cancers are often detected when they're already advanced. If you got them, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, period. Chemotherapy only adds two months to your life. There is NO CURE for them. Deal with it. Live to your fullest.

We don't have reliable SAFE ways to detect those cancers yet. To subject them to invasive biopsies which can kill them is not a good idea and to expose them with radiation isn't good either. We're constantly looking for cancer biomarkers and we're working on them.

Additionally, note this one: "Patients will sometimes tell us that they had been going to see their GP for six to nine months with, say, a pain in their stomach and were told to go to the pharmacy and buy an over the counter medicine [and later are found to have cancer]."

Tell me, does every pain mean cancer? No. We all have aches from time to time and it doesn't mean we got cancer. It's way too expensive to just screen for every ache.

Our health care will NOT prevent you from having premium insurance or from entering trials. If you demand early screening even though it may cost you a lot more, you're free to do it so. Just don't ask us to pay for it when statistics show that it makes no sense.
 
Might want to explain why U.S. cancer survival rates are so much better than Europe's. It is certainly not from ignoring it.
 
Not surprised, I know that private health care does perform so better than public health care.
 
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