Series 4, Episode 4 - The Cost Of Health
While many services are now provided free of charge others continue to be very expensive, despite a widely held view that they should be free.
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While many services are now provided free of charge others continue to be very expensive, despite a widely held view that they should be free. Nowhere more so than in the field of healthcare. Big Pharma, as it is for some reason known (presumably to confuse people that it's all about fields), makes millions out of selling drugs to the poorly. With the economic complexities of healthcare provision growing more and more complex, what are the implications of an industry that thrives on our ill health? Who decides what gets subsidized, and how?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 6th February 2018
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
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