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It’s not clear if she is being supported by NHS or fully private insurance.

The UK does exercise triage on long term cases. The flip side is no country can afford to maintain every patient with a terminal condition indefinitely and doctors are allowed to exercise judgement.

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According to the article, this is not simply a matter of cost, but of actively preventing her travelling to Canada for an experimental treatment. There is still probably a cost element involved in preparing her for travel, but no open-ended commitment to funding ICU care.

it’s the NHS: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66673511

of course they implement triage. but if the person has enough money they can go private.

I've never heard "traige" used with such negative connotations! FWIW, the term used by the NHS is "QALYS", or "Quality-adjusted life year". Yes, these calculations are made at all levels of health care.

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