According to the BBC, access to a ‘groundbreaking’ treatment for that horrible condition cystic fibrosis may be denied to NHS patients because of the cost, despite its proven benefits.
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.
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