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My take on this is that either make it free for everyone or don't do it at all. If you only allow the rich to have this treatment ( is there a better word for it) then you are artificially inviting a whole new brand of racism and social inequality into the system.

Also everyone should watch Gattaca, it is one of best movies that shows how social inequality can arise in situations like these.

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On your first point, most new things are subsidised by the rich at the start, and end up mass produced so the middle-class can have them, often times becoming commoditised to being in the reach of almost everyone. Computers are a good example. The world hasn't divided because of this. The divisions usually come in the form of "zero-sum" status goods such as high-end brands or jewelery that has little instrumental value.

On the second point, Gattaca is a fictional tale, and as such should not be used as evidence to "show" anything. It is, at best, a hypothesis, and one not optimised for accuracy, or subjected to any scrutiny at that. http://lesswrong.com/lw/k9/the_logical_fallacy_of_generaliza...

Although it is probably too early to say (I imagine efficacy vs cost will need to be evaluated by NICE), this is likely to be available on the NHS.

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