Over-50s 'turned down for NHS treatment' - The Telegraph 1st December 2007

A growing number of people over 50 are being refused treatment on the NHS, according to a new survey. One in six said they had been denied treatment on the NHS on the basis of cost. A poll of 6,000 over-50s, carried out by Saga and Populus, found that 52 per cent would be prepared to meet the cost of treatments for diseases such as cancer.

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