House of Paine

value of one more cycle of 365

 
whats it worth
 to the rest of us 
  to add another  year
    to the average 
            amerikan mug's 
                     earth time ?


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well

"  Cancer doctors
 are willing to prescribe medicines
 costing more than $300,000
 for an extra year of life"

but

"   health economists have concluded 
that society values 
an extra year of life
 at about $75,000. "

so
  the  washington post's editors 
     conclude
         

" Cancer docs' 
     indifference to cost
 explains why drug firms 
   charge outrageous prices"