Comments on: Sometimes the stupid doesn’t just burn…it incinerates http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=299 Nick Barlow's blog Sat, 18 May 2013 16:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nick http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=299&cpage=1#comment-235708 Nick Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:22:17 +0000 http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=299#comment-235708 But it’s also likely that a 20something graduate student diagnosed with MND would find it incredibly hard to get medical insurance and cover in the US.

]]> By: Tristan http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=299&cpage=1#comment-235707 Tristan Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:25:45 +0000 http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=299#comment-235707 Actually, a QUALY assessment from NICE today would probably conclude that someone with motor neurone disease’s worth is lower than someone who required similarly expensive treatment but had a greater ‘quality of life’ ahead of them.

What the result of that would be I don’t know, and I also don’t know any of the details of Stephen Hawking’s medical care.

The NHS does make judgements about the worth of individuals based upon bureaucratic definitions of quality of life – there is no getting away from that.

]]> By: AMcguinn http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=299&cpage=1#comment-235706 AMcguinn Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:59:52 +0000 http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=299#comment-235706 LOL.

Of course Hawking is American, haven’t you heard his accent?

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