Op-ed:

The Business of Cancer...Political and Otherwise

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

The article posted here is this authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google. 

...With cancer being a “big business” in its own right, a cure would not only lead to a decline in what's called the “cancer treatment industry...which includes some major hospitals...but it would lead to substantial losses in both the pharmaceutical and the high priced healthcare industries in general. How so...since the need for cancer drugs and related services would no longer be needed, countless thousands of jobs would be lost which in turn would automatically put a strain on not just our economy but on our Social Security system as well. And why...because people would automatically live longer without the fear of cancer hanging over their heads, thus leading to more benefits having to be paid out to beneficiaries, no matter that less monies would now be paid into the the “Social Security Trust Fund” what with thousands of jobs having been lost.

But the biggest money maker from cancer remains, in my opinion, “Big Pharma” itself. And while they have poured billions of their own dollars into developing new cancer drugs and related treatments, the fact remains that...Read entire article here.