Here’s
a story that I want to make sure US cancer victims have a chance to read. If
you’re not from the US, this might be a bit of a surprise for you.
The following quote gives you the core of the story: “A lot of doctors,
hospitals and other healthcare providers in the United States decline to treat
people who can't pay, or have inadequate insurance, among other reasons. What
sets CTCA (i.e. Cancer Treatment Centers
of America) apart is that rejecting certain patients and, even more,
culling some of its patients from its survival data lets the company tout in
ads and post on its website patient outcomes that look dramatically better than
they would if the company treated all comers.”
Here’s
a link to the story by Sharon Begley and Robin Respaut which was first
published on March 6th: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/us-usa-cancer-ctca-idUSBRE9250L820130306
PS
– Somehow the name, Cancer Treatment
Centers of America, makes me wonder if this is a franchise operation. For
example, is there a Cancer Treatment
Centers of Russia?
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