The poll of 6,000 people aged over 50 found that 52 per cent would pay for treatment for conditions like cancer if they were not available on the NHS because NICE had ruled they were not cost-effective.
A tenth of respondents said they would pay over £5,200 a year for treatments.
The researchers found that 45 per cent would pay for preventive drugs costing an average of £670 a year. The survey found that 81 per cent would take a daily pill to prevent future disease.
A total of 15 per cent of respondents said that they had been denied NHS treatment on the basis of cost.
Under the present healthcare system, if someone decides to pay for an element of their own treatment they have to fund all their treatment privately.
However, it is likely that the new generation of treatments will cost more than £670 a year, according to Saga.
Self-funding
52% of over-50s would fund care
Source: Saga.
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