News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable tumour,phenomenal result. Parent comment

Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by tim333 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @07:24AM (#37596047)
Not charging would prevent treatments like the one in this article which would presumably be expensive. I think better that a doctor has to sign off a bit of paper saying they feel the treatment is reasonable. They'd be reluctant to do that for snake oil.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by david-gpu on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:01AM (#37596365)
> Not charging would prevent treatments like the one in this article

Charging patients opens the door to any unscrupulous doctor to profit from desperate people.

Not charging patients closes the door to some potential legitimate treatments until e.g. a university funds some research to try them out.

I know which one of the two worlds I would rather live in.

[ Parent | on HN ]