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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 26 > How much is too much?

How much is too much?

Why rationing health care in the U.S. is not as bad as some make it seem

By Peter Singer __utf2022__ New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
July 26, 2009

You have advanced kidney cancer. It will kill you, probably in the next year or two. A drug called Sutent slows the spread of the cancer and may give you an extra six months, but at a cost of $54,000. Is a few more months worth that much?

If you can afford it, you probably would pay that much to....

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