It’s absolutely worth it if you can afford it, which the rich world can. But personalised medicine forces us to face, in stark and dollarised terms, the inequity of healthcare access across the world.
Personalised medicine has high cost floors. The factors which would enable a triple order-of-magnitude reduction in its cost would sooner realise massive savings elsewhere, which means it’s unlikely a niche cancer treatment would be prioritised.
> requires them (by law) to offer a payment plan that works for my income level
Which is a rich-world perk. (That, to be clear, we absolutely should offer our people.)
Side note: do you have a link to more on this law? Currently dealing with an uninsured friend for whom we’re pooling resources for a medical treatment.
It’s absolutely worth it if you can afford it, which the rich world can. But personalised medicine forces us to face, in stark and dollarised terms, the inequity of healthcare access across the world.