This radio story starts in 2012, when a group of doctors at one of the nation’s largest cancer centers decides not to prescribe a cancer drug, a decision that brings up two very difficult questions — in medical treatment, what is considered a benefit, and what are we willing to pay for that benefit? All told, this story asks how much Americans are willing to pay for one more year of life. It considers not only dollar value, but grapples with how we even begin to have such a conversation.
