Doctors Say High Cancer Costs Can't Continue (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Cancer drugs exist today that can give not just months, but years of life back to patients, which seems like a medical miracle. The catch is what they cost — because prices are soaring — along with every other medical cost. In excess of a hundred thousand dollars a year for some drug, and not all picked up by insurance. Some consider that extortion: your money for your life. Even some cancer doctors are complaining it’s gone too far. So should the market determine the price of life-extending drugs, or should there be limits set? This hour On Point: the financial ethics of miracle medicine. / John Donvan
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/08/05/cancer-treatment-medical-costs