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How a $2m treatment cured my sickle cell disease - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

Sickle cell is a genetic blood condition that can cause severe pain, extreme tiredness and serious health complications. It mainly affects people of African and Caribbean heritage, and for many, it's

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I don't understand why it's so expensive.
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I'm shocked the state of Louisiana paid for that. I'm happy for him.
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The next step (here in the U.S.) is to make it available to all the people who have Sickle Cell Anemia. Given that the treatment is prohibitively expensive, the only way this can happen is if the health insurers agree to cover it. And, of course, for them to cover it they will need to increase the insurance premiums for EVERYONE.
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The Music ruins the listenning.
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People in the West like to act like they are the only people who exist. I was cured of Sickle Cell Disease in 2017 through a bone-marrow transplant in India. Cure has been available for over a decade in other parts of the world where people of colour actually matter in the society.
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What is interviewer name? Her accent is awsome.
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Malaria immunity might be worth it in tropical regions.
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Only 2 million? If you catch it on special it's only 1 million. Sarcasm aside, glad it changed this man's life for the better.
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