{"id":249199,"date":"2023-12-31T10:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T10:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=249199"},"modified":"2023-12-27T10:11:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T10:11:54","slug":"sick-people-sick-system","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/sick-people-sick-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick people, sick system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-67712269\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>, access to a \u2018groundbreaking\u2019 treatment for that horrible condition cystic fibrosis may be denied to NHS patients because of the cost, despite its proven benefits. <\/p>\n<p>There is of course an outside chance of the treatment eventually being made available, but the wider question is why such a hurdle to life-changing medicines arises in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Our answer is that it offers confirmation, if any were needed, that the capitalist system is driven by the need for private profit, and that always takes priority<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-249199","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/249199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}