Healthcare’s disease

Cancer rates in Lebanon are rising and the illness has, or will, touch the lives of virtually everyone in the country. They are a lucky few that do not have a friend or family member that has had to tackle the disease. However, as treatments and awareness improve, people are increasingly coming to realize that cancer is not necessarily a death sentence, but is in a great number of cases a treatable disease like most others.  As the discussion moves from awkward whispers to confident debate there is a need to look at the role of the state in this national affliction. For thousands of cancer patients every year the treasury is the purse from which their treatments are purchased. However, a combination of weak government, pernicious corporate influence and slack policy are impeding the state from fulfilling its obligations.  Over the years a system of laws has been enacted