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British Columbia Bows To Breast Cancer Patent
dlek writes "Bowing to pressure from Utah's Myriad Genetics, the government of British Columbia has stopped offering a test for hereditary breast cancer. The price of the test, which looks at two genes responsible for the cancer, has tripled to $3500US. Our public health care system can't afford to pay so we're sending people to Ontario, which is ignoring the patent. People are disappointed we're not doing the same... previous Slashdot mentions are on their original claim and on the Curie Institute's challenge to the patent."
Your right... except for those nerds whose mothers or wives are affected by breast cancer. Maybe you don't have either.
By no means a perfect system, but I prefer it to alternatives in other countries such as England and the US. I'd rather spend 30% of our GDP on healthcare than on a military budget.
Well, that is a no-brainer, since your neighbor to the south is defending you!
So, what is the problem with providing this service to your women? Do Socialists hate women that mich?
They don't hate the west. They hate America. That's your problem, not mine.
So, that is why "they" attacked Australians in Bali? Is that why "they" attacked Christian Pakastanis in Pakistan? Is that why "they" attacked Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Israel (while the flight of the missiles, not coincidentally, missed Jordan)? Is that why "they" blew up a french oil tanker? Is that why "they" attack so many other non-US targets around the world?
I don't think so. Seems that *some* need to wake up to the fact that just because the US gets some headline-grabbing attacks, the war is against "the west", not just the US.
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL