Gene Therapies to have 6 and 7 figure price tags

Early gene therapies will come with serious sticker shock. Half a million dollars for one, 4 to 6 million dollars for another. On the bright side, after a 15+ year delay due to safety concerns it looks like they are really coming this time. My advice: save a lot of money for your old age to be able to buy expensive optional therapies. Wondering whether you should go to a high work, high pay, big city, bright lights career trajectory? Yup. It might just save your life. Medical costs for treating cancer were really low in the 1950s because most of the time all the doctor could do is tell you that you are going to check out of the...
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