Health Care, American and British

As the battle on Quora over medical care in the U.S. and G.B. continues, this from some studies in 2016:

A recent study found older women are three times as likely to die from breast cancer in England compared with other European nations.

Research on 120,000 patients over the age of 70 shows a gulf in survival between different nations, with major differences in access to surgery and other treatment.

For every three women in England who is diagnosed early, yet dies within five years, just one life is lost in Belgium.
A previous study found that in some areas, no women over the age of 75 were being offered surgery for breast cancer, despite legislation which came into force in 2012 making it illegal to deny treatment on the basis of age.

Legislation was necessary?
 

A study of 1,000 elderly cancer patients found four in five believed they had fallen victim to age discrimination, with some saying they had been wrongly told they were too old for breast cancer screening, while others has been refused treatment.

Every transaction is influenced in some way. This is certainly one way of controlling costs. Loving your triage agent helps too.