Rationed health care in UK causes long wait for cancer screenings

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Sunday Telegraph:

Latest data show more than 5,700 people waiting in excess of six weeks for MRI scans, ultrasounds and other tests.

Cancer charities and patients' groups said they were "shocked and alarmed" at the rapid increase in the numbers being forced to wait before they are even diagnosed.

Until they were scrapped in July, the waiting targets had stipulated that treatment for any disease should start within 18 weeks of a patient seeing their GP.

This put pressure on hospitals to carry out tests quickly, so that patients could be diagnosed and booked in for surgery or other treatment.

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Hey, if they die it saves money on testing and treatment. Could an insurance company get away with this? I think it is unlikely unless Obama forces them to.  The graphic is an animation of an MRI brain scan.
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