If Washington takes over health care…

Will we have access to the newest cancer treatments?

Here are some facts about cancer treatment in the U.S.:

• The United States leads the world in treating breast and prostate cancers.
• Women with breast cancer have a 14% higher survival rate in the United States than in Europe; for prostate cancer in men, the gap is higher: 28% higher survival rate in the USA than in Europe
• From 1995-2005, the United States had 12 new cancer drugs launched, while the U.K. had four, Switzerland had three, Germany had two, and France had only one!
• Americans also have better access to new cancer drugs. For example, the new lung cancer drug Erlotinib was ten times more likely to be prescribed for a patient in the USA than someone in Europe.

If Washington takes over health care, we are concerned that government controls will stifle the innovation that brings us these cutting-edge treatments.

See Patients United Now at the DC Race for the Cure.

Dig Deeper:

How Good Is Our Health Care System?
http://www.galen.org/component,8/action,show_content/id,13/blog_id,1058/category_id,10/type,33/

Just Don't Try to Go the European Way
http://www.galen.org/component,8/action,show_content/id,13/category_id,10/blog_id,1214/type,33/

How Obama Would Stifle Drug Innovation
http://www.aei.org/article/28802

I won't let Daddy die: Girl of six raises £4,000 for life-saving drugs the NHS won't provide
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-490001/I-wont-let-Daddy-die-Girl-raises-4-000-life-saving-drugs-NHS-wont-provide.html