Think Sarah Palin was making it up? Think the Tea Party is being hysterical?
Research on rates of cancer surgery around Britain found that the likelihood of patients having operations fell as sufferers got older, The Times said.
Mick Peake, who led the study, told the paper that the report’s findings highlighted why England’s cancer survival rates are not as good as many other countries.
The study, carried out by the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN), concluded that there was a tendency within parts of the NHS to view older patients as being inappropriate for surgery.
Some bureaucrat gets to decide how your health care dollars are spent, and guess what happens when they decide not to spend them on YOU?
