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| us would live without - a unique service that provides | | | | only place to turn. |
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| crunch how many of us feel we can rely on the | | | | survival rates yet there is a postcode lottery as to |
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| Waiting lists, unreliable services and increasing health | | | | enough with the drug available to some and not to |
| concerns within hospitals are leading many to look to | | | | others. The only way to ensure you get potentially life |
| private care when the worst happens. However, the | | | | saving treatment is to go private. |
| prices of treatment in the private sector leave most | | | | Nevertheless, health insurance does not come cheap |
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| treatment, and most patients requiring up to ten | | | | need, and may be the most important investment we |
| courses, many are being priced out of this crucial | | | | ever make. |